§ MR. MOOREI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the Report of the Agricultural Board, Ireland, for the year ending 31st March, 1901, may be expected before the rising of Parliament, and if there is any reason for the delay in its publication; if he can state the aggregate amount of the grants made by the Board in respect of agricultural purposes during the year ending 31st March to the counties of Antrim, Down, Derry, and Armagh, and also for like purposes the aggregate to the province of Connaught, and also the aggregate amounts raised or guaranteed locally in those counties for such purposes, and also in the province of Connaught.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Report is rapidly approaching completion; the greater part of it is in the press, but it cannot be issued before the prorogation. This fact will not, however, prevent its publication during the recess. The delay, which is unavoidable, is incidental to the issue of the first Report of an important Department of the State. The aggregate amount of the agricultural grants made by the Department, conditionally, in the past year to the four counties named was £1,973, and to the province of Connaught £1,660. The local contributions guaranteed from the rates amount to £1,008 in the case of the four counties mentioned, and to £2,800 in the case of Connaught.