§ MR. SHEEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the cause of the delay in issuing loans to the Limerick and Tipperarv Poor Law Unions in connection with the schemes under the Labourers' Acts recently embodied in Provisional Orders; and whether representations have been made by the guardians of these unions of their desire to obtain loans without delay, with a view to being enabled to have the plots of land taken under the Provisional Orders fenced forthwith so that they may be let and cultivated during the present spring?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURAs regards the Tipperary Union, an instalment of the Loan was advanced to the Guardians in November last. The applications for sanction to loans in the case of the Limerick Union were only received on the 19th March, though the forms for the purpose were sent to the guardians a month previously. The applications will be dealt with as quickly as possible, but no instalment can be advanced until Treasury sanction has been obtained and the usual mortgage deeds completed.