§ MR. JASPER TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the attention of the Board of Trade has been directed to the fact that, on the 30th April last, on the occasion of a partisan demonstration in Mohill, the Directors of the Cavan and Leitrim Light Railway ran a special train from Belturbet to Mohill, to carry persons to that meeting; whether he is aware that there were not more than 40 persons carried on this occasion by the special train; and whether, as the cesspayers of South Leitrim and the Treasury have jointly to make up, under the guarantee, the dividend and all losses in connection with this railway, steps will be taken by the Board of Trade to point out to the Directors the inadvisability of running special trains at a loss to serve political and partisan purposes.
§ MR. BRYCEThis question has been referred to me, but I can only say that I am not aware that the Government has any power to interfere in the business arrangements of this railway.