§ DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the emigration, from the province of Connaught in the year 1900, namely, 14,060, or 19.5 per 1,000 of the population of the province; whether, considering that the average poor law valuation per head of population for the province of Connaught is only £1 18s. 4d., only 8s. 4d. per head over the limit of valuation which would entitle it to be scheduled as a congested, district, namely, £1 10s. per head, he will see that the whole province is scheduled as a congested district; and whether, with a view to checking the tide of emigration from Connaught, which contains one-sixth of the total population of Ireland, he will introduce this session some remedial legislation such as the compulsory sale and purchase of land in the congested districts.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI cannot undertake to introduce legislation this session for either of the purposes suggested in the second and third paragraphs.