HC Deb 15 August 1901 vol 99 cc953-4
MR. FIELD

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will consider the advisability of transferring to the Department of Agriculture in Ireland the control of the work performed in Ireland by the Geological Survey under the direction of the Committee of Council on Education in England.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I am advised it is not considered desirable that the survey of the United Kingdom should be conducted by more than one department at the same time.