§ MR. DELANYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will explain why the Department of Agriculture sent down their own veterinary surgeon to examine mares awarded premiums at shows in Queen's County at a cost of £30, seeing that the services of competent professional men could be obtained locally at less cost.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The Department on such occasions invariably 1620 employs veterinary surgeons who are not resident in the county in order to obviate any ground for the suspicion which might be entertained that local practitioners would favour their clients.