§ MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he can state the date of the last Geological Survey of Ireland, in which the mineral deposits are given; and whether the Government intend to afford any facilities for the development of such resources in Ireland.
§ SIR J. GORSTThe results of the survey of the mineral districts of Ireland are embodied in the maps published during the general survey of that country between 1845 and 1887; any necessary revision of the maps as regards the mineral deposits will be considered in connection with the drift survey, which is in progress.