§ MR. MAGUIRE (Clare, W.)On behalf of the hon. Member for the St. Patrick's Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government is prepared to grant, out of the funds voted for re-afforesting in Ireland, 1171 a sum sufficient to start the planting of willow and osiers in suitable localities; and whether instructions will be issued to the Congested Districts Board to immediately promote this reproductive industry?
§ MR. BRYCE (for Mr. J. MORLEY)The Conjested Districts Board have already planted about two acres of land in the County of Galway with osiers, as an experiment, and are willing to consider any scheme submitted to them relative to the development of osier cultivation, and—having due regard to other claims upon the Board's resources—to assist in developing any such schemes which, in their opinion, may reasonably be expected to be successful.