§ MR. SWEETMAN (Wicklow, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of labourers' cottages that have been built in the three Electoral Divisions of Dunganstown, in Rathdrum Union, in County Wicklow; the number that have been applied for by the labourers; and the reasons that more have not been built?
MR. J. MORLEYThe erection of 11 cottages has been authorised in the electoral divisions named; and of these two have been built, eight have been contracted for, and the remaining one is still not contracted for. It appears that some 26 cottages have been applied for by labourers in the divisions in question, and the Guardians made a scheme for 19. But of these I am informed eight were rejected at the inquiry on consideration of the various objections urged against them.