SIR T. ESMONDS (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will take steps to secure the allocation of a small portion of the grant for the Chicago Exhibition to the representation there of Irish cottage industries; 884 and if he is in a position to state how much of the total grant has been devoted to Irish industries?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe Royal Commission having received the grant under the condition that they were to have the sole control of the expenditure, I am afraid that I am not in a position to supply information as to details; but I have no reason to believe that the announcement made by the late Attorney General on May 26, 1892, respecting the representation of Irish industries at the Exhibition is not being fully acted upon.