§ MR. JAMES DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what steps he intends taking to improve the growth of flax in Ireland, as promised by him last Session?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURA large amount of information respecting the treatment and culture of flax has been obtained by the Irish Land Commission 656 in consultation with a representative Committee consisting of the leading spinners and of well-known agriculturists of Ulster. It is not my intention to take any action in the matter pending the passage through Parliament of the Board of Agriculture Bill.