§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland can he state how many representations under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts have come before the Lisburn Rural District Council; when were they respectively first presented; how many cottages have been condemned by the sanitary authority; how many have been sanctioned, and when, by the Local Government Board; and how many have to be built under the schemes sanctioned; will he also state how many tenders have been invited or accepted for the erection of these cottages.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM, Dover)Twenty-three representations, comprising thirty-nine cottages, were presented in December, 1899,September and October, 1901. Twenty-four cottages have been condemned. The District Council made a scheme for four cottages, which were sanctioned in August last. Tenders have been accepted for the erection of two of these. The Council, at its meeting on the 10th March, will prepare a further scheme for twenty-two cottages.