§ MR. EDWARD BARRY (Cork Co., S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether 559 he is aware that a Local Government Board inspector held a local inquiry on the 28th August, 1900, into an improvement scheme for the erection of cottages under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts made by the Rural District Council of Clonakilty, and as a result of such inquiry recommended the erection of fifty-nine cottages and the acquisition of twenty-five additional allotments; and, seeing that in a subsequent Report of the inspector the Local Government Board, when framing this Provisional Order, omitted thirteen of these cottages, will he state on what grounds they were rejected; and will he cause a copy of the inspector's Report stating on what grounds each of such cottages was rejected to be furnished to the Rural District Council of Clonakilty.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe thirteen cottages were excluded from the Provisional Order because it was proved to the Board that a number of cottages already provided were occupied by persons who are not agricultural labourers. The District Council has been informed of the reasons for reducing the number originally recommended from fifty-nine to forty-six.