MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can state the number of miles of railway in Ireland between 1887 and 1897 which received assistance from either Treasury or local Irish rates?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY, Preston)The number of miles of railway constructed in Ireland between 1887 and 1897 (both years inclusive) with assistance either from the Treasury and local rates or from the Treasury alone was 516½. No figures are available at present as to the miles of railway constructed by the aid of local rates alone. The number would, however, be inconsiderable.