MR. P. O'BRIENOn behalf of the hon. Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the amount of fish landed in England, the proportion of it carried by English railways; and also the amount of fish landed in Ireland, and the proportion of it carried by the Irish railways; and, considering the difference between the proportions carried by English and Irish railways, whether he will have an inquiry made as to the cause of failure of the Irish railways to carry a larger proportion of the fish landed in Ireland.
§ *MR. G. W. BALFOURThe statistics required in the first and second paragraphs are fully detailed in a Return recently prepared by the Board of Trade and in the Annual Report of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries, both of which documents have been presented to Parliament. As regards the second paragraph, I have nothing to add to my reply to the hon. Member's previous question of the 9th May on this subject.