§ MR. DOOGAN (Tyrone, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the provisions of the Shield Trust, a charitable endowment in, or near, Dungannon, and whether it is being carried out in accordance with the intention of the benefactor; how many houses are comprised in the endowment scheme, how many of these are occupied by Roman Catholics, and how many by persons who are not Roman Catholics; and, of the total participants of the charity, can he state how many are respectively Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Presbyterian.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe charity is administered by a corporate body in accordance with the provisions of a private Act of Parliament, 27 & 28 Vict. cap. 8, and amending Acts. The Secretary to the Board of Governors states there are twenty-five houses at Dungannon, containing thirty-three inmates. He has no information as to their religious denominations.