HC Deb 03 June 1902 vol 108 c1282
MR DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state who are the department reporters whose duty it is to attend the fairs in King's and Queen's Counties, and also the fairs they are supposed to attend; and what method those gentlemen adopt in collecting the information which they supply to the Department.

MR. WYNDHAM

Mr. A. J. Owen reports on the selected fairs at Ballinakill, Maryborough, and Rathdowney, in Queen's County; and Mr. W. H. Atkinson on those at Banagher and Birr, in King's County. The method of collecting and compiling the prices is fully described by the new Department in a Report recently presented to Parliament. (Command Paper No. 1,057).

MR. DELANY

Can the right hon. Gentleman say how it is that, although I constantly attend these fairs, I never see any of these gentlemen?