§ MR. MAURICE HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Irish Land Commission have, in a circular widely distributed by them describing the advantages of spraying potatoes with "Bordeaux mixture," drawn attention in particular to one variety of it manufactured by a Mr. Strawson; what their reason for this singling out one English manufacturer in this way is; whether he is aware that in the recent Report of the Land Commission as to the experiments in spraying potatoes made by them, they state that besides Mr. Strawson's preparation they also used two others—namely, Harrington's powder and Harrington' s paste, made by a Cork firm, and that no advantage could be traced to the use of any one of these preparations as compared with the other, and that the Cork preparations were cheaper; and, whether, under these circumstances, he will request the Land Commission either to withdraw the circular in question or to amend it by putting all manufacturers on an equal footing?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURPerhaps the hon. Member will be good enough to repeat this Question to-morrow.