§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the military authorities have approved of the extension of the rifle range at Mullingar, and whether an agreement as to price has been arrived at between them and the owners and occupiers of the land required for this enlargement; and whether, seeing that in consequence of the delay in proceeding with the work the regiments stationed in the town have had to be sent at great expense a long distance for the prescribed practice, he can state the cause of this delay, and consequent inconvenience and expense.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The purchase of the land required has not yet been completed.