Mr. JUSTIN M'CARTHY (Londonderry City)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the visit paid by Mr. Alan Cole in October last to Irish lace-making centres is the only one sanctioned since the suspension of his visits and lectures; whether representations have been since received by the Irish Government as to the value and importance of continuing these visits and lectures, as part of a movement in course of successful development for promoting technical instruction in connection with home industries like lace making, embroidery, and crochet work; whether requests have been also received from different lace-making centres in Ireland for a regular continuance of such lectures and visits; and, whether Mr. Cole can, therefore, be directed to visit and lecture at these centres in March and October of next year?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN) (Dublin University)(who replied) said: The reply to each inquiry contained in the first three paragraphs of the Question is in the affirmative. As regards the last paragraph, no decision has been as yet come to respecting the arrangements for next year. But the matter is at the prersent time receiving careful consideration.
§ MR. LANE (Cork Co., E.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, What was the total cost (for fees and travelling expenses) of Mr. Alan Cole's lecturing tours in Ireland, in connection with the Irish lace industry, in the years 1886, 1887, and 1888; and under what sub-head of the Vote for the Science and Art Estimates this expenditure is included?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir WILLIAM HART DYKE) (Kent, Dartford)(who replied) said, the total cost in the years named was £412 19s. 3d. The fees for lectures were charged to Sub-head A (2), and travelling expenses to Sub-head G (8) fur the years 1886 and 1887, and to Sub-head H (8) for 1888.