§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N;)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state 1403 (roughly) by how much the potato crop in North, East, and South Galway fell short of an average crop; if the crop was not only bad but uneven, and if many small holders of land have now nearly exhausted their potato pits; and if it is his intention to, at present, confine all public works to the mountainous portion of the county known as Connemara; and, if so, do not the Reports he has received show that a large portion of the population east of Lough Carrib are now without any potatoes beyond that required for seed?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURRoughly speaking, the potato crop in the districts mentioned fell short of an average one by from two-thirds to one-half.