§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when the inquiry into representations recently made under the Labourers Acts in Longford will take place; and whether the necessary notices will be given before 1st March, so as to give the labourers whose applications are approved a chance of having their plots of land ready for the spring sowing.
§ MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. G. W. BALFOUR)The new improvement scheme referred to in this question has not yet been forwarded by the District Council for the approval of the Local Government Board. When received, arrangements will be made for holding, as soon as possible, the requisite local inquiry into the 589 matter. In any case, however, possession of the plots could not be obtained by the District Council until after the provisional order becomes absolute.