MR. BLAKE (Armagh, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the amount due for poors' rate in the Union of Newry by the immediate lessors in respect of holdings valued under £4 5s.?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.The Local Government Board are informed by the Clerk of the Newry Union that the recoverable amount due by immediate lessors of holdings valued at or under £4 is only a few shillings, and that every exertion is being made by the Guardians to get in before the 1st July all the arrears of rates due.