§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board can explain the delays that have arisen in giving effect to the Provisional Order in Cork rural district to increase the plots of lands attached to existing labourers' cottages, seeing that the Local Government Board inspector held his inquiry in 1901; and will he state what steps will be taken to place the labourers in possession of the additional plots of land.
§ MR. WYNDHAMOn the 27th October, I stated it had been proved at the inquiry, that the occupants of sixteen existing cottages were not agricultural labourers, and that the issue of the Provisional Order would be deferred until the District Council considered these cases and to what extent the scheme should be modified in consequence. The Council has not, so far, taken any definite action in the matter.