MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Fertilisers' Act has been put into operation by the grand juries and municipal authorities in Ireland; and whether any steps will be taken by the Government to compel them to do so and carry out the law?
MR. JOHN MORLEYTwo Orders in Council making Regulations and Settling Forms of Certificate under the Fertilisers' and Feeding Stuffs Act of 1893 were passed in January 1894. These Orders were at once issued to Secretaries of Grand Juries and to Town Clerks, together with a full explanatory circular. The principal analyst at Somerset House has been appointed chief agricultural analyst for Ireland, and the district analysts are those already appointed for counties and boroughs in Ireland under the Food and Drugs Act, 1875. The machinery for carrying the Act into effect has, therefore, been provided, and it is open to the public to avail itself of the Act without further action on the part of Grand Juries or Town Councils.