§ MR. MACALEESEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state how many bonded stores are in county Armagh, how many in county Louth, how many in county Tyrone, and how many in county Monaghan; and, if there is no bonded 162 store in county Monaghan for the convenience of the merchants and traders of that county, will he cause one to be established?
§ MR. HANBURYThere are three bonded stores in county Armagh, 11 in county Louth, six in county Tyrone, and none in county Monaghan. For some years past it has been the policy of the Government to refrain from extending the number of small warehouses, and to concentrate the bonding business in large centres of trade and population. A bonded store could not be established in county Monaghan without departing from that policy; and there is the less reason for such a departure, as the people requiring bonding facilities in county Monaghan are very few, and they already have warehouses within reasonable distance.