§ CAPTAIN DONELANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the loss and inconvenience caused to cattle breeders in the South of Ireland by the action of the Royal Dublin Society, in reserving all the premiums for bulls allocated to Munster to animals exhibited at the Dublin Shows, he will suggest to the Society the desirability of handing over these premiums for competition at the shows held under the auspices of the Cork Agricultural Society?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELANDRepresentations to the effect stated in the Question were made to Government and were considered in May, 1895, by the Council of the Royal Dublin Society, who explained that the Scheme carried out at the Society's Annual Show offers the same facilities to the farmers of Munster as are offered to the farmers of other provinces, and that one of the important advantages of the Scheme is that it leads to the introduction of superior bulls into districts in which bulls are not at present to be found—an object which would not be attained if the premiums were awarded at Shows in which competition is practically restricted to animals already in the district.