MR. DALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the Royal Irish Agricultural Society, Dublin, have been memorialised to ask Her Majesty's Government to establish a Board of Agriculture for Ireland on the same lines as that existing in England; and, if he will take steps to establish such Board?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThere is no official record of the presentation of the memorial referred to, but communication has been received by Government from various local bodies in favour of the establishment of a Board of Agriculture; and, as I have already stated, the matter will receive my careful consideration during the Recess. ["Hear, hear!"]