§ MR. JASPER TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether his attention has been directed to the necessity of constructing a light railway from Crossdoney, in the county Cavan, to Newtonforbes, on the borders of Leitrim and Longford, which would pass through Arva, Ballinamuck, and a number of congested and impoverished districts; and (2) whether he can hold out any hope that his project for connecting the northern and western provinces will be favourably considered before the balance of the moneys voted for light railways is disposed of?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe places named in the Question, though in the vicinity of a district scheduled as congested, are not included in such. I am afraid I can hold out no hope in the direction suggested in the second paragraph.