§ MR. KENNEDY (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state what steps, if any, the Guardians of the Edenderry Union have taken to carry out the order for the erection of 22 labourers' cottages in their Union published by the Local Government Board on the 17th of February last, and confirmed by an Order in the Privy Council on the 22nd of June; and will he cause the Local Government Board to urge the Guardians to make contracts for the erection of those cottages before the winter sets in?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneI am informed that Unnecessary plans and schedules are now being prepared by the Guardians for deposit with the Board of Works, Clerk of Union, and Clerk of Peace. An Arbitrator will then be nominated by the Board of Works, and his appointment has to be advertised for three weeks, and a further period of not less than three weeks allowed to parties interested to make statements of claim. The Guardians have no power to enter on lauds until after the deposit of the Arbitrator's draft, award, and the Local Government Board could not, therefore, urge them to make contracts for the erection of cottages before that date. The Board add, they see no reason to anticipate any unnecessary delay on the part of the Guardians in their proceedings under the Order.