§ MR. MACALEESEOn behalf of the hon. Member for Cork County, S. (Mr. EDWARD BARRY), I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the revising officer appointed by the Commissioner of Valuation, in his recent revision of the Clonakilty Union, has placed an increased valuation on the new convent premises at Rosscarberry; and as those buildings are used exclusively for educational purposes and for the instruction of poor girls in the locality in weaving and other industries, whether the Commissioner of Valuation should have exempted 670 the convent buildings from rates under the terms of 17 Vic., c. 8, s. 2?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURIn the Valuation Lists for Clonakilty Union, issued to the Rating Authorities on January 26th 1897, there is an increase in the valuation of the Convent referred to, consequent on extensive additions which have lately been made to the premises. An appeal has been lodged, and the question of exemption is now under consideration.