§ MR. JOHN ROCHE (Galway, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in the Killcroran division of Mount Bellew Union the rateable value of the lands in the hands of small tenants is under £1 per head of population, and that there are in the division considerable tracts of grass lands; and, whether he will consider the desirability of having the division scheduled as a congested area.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe facts may be as stated in the first paragraph. The electoral division referred to is not, however, a congested area within the meaning of the 36th Section of the 54th and 55th Vict. cap. 48, and there is no legal power to schedule it as such.
§ MR. DILLONWill the Irish Government consider the advisability of introducing some modification of the Act to enable it to be done?
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURAs at present, advised I do not think it desirable.