COLONEL MCCALMONTI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether, in view of the majority Report of the Royal Commission on Horse Breeding in Ireland, it is intended to continue the stud farm of hackney horses in County Dublin; and, whether, in consideration of the fact that, the introduction of hackney blood into Ireland has not met with approval, he would consider the advisability of utilising the money now expended on the stud farm in still further improving the breed of cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc., through the congested districts?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThis matter is one for the consideration if the Congested Districts Board, but I cannot hold out to my hon. and gallant Friend any hope that the 280 Board are likely to agree to a complete reversal of their policy upon the Report of a Commission so divided in opinion as the Horse Breeding Commission was.