§ MR. FLAVIN (Kerry, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, if he will state the standard weight or, if no standard is fixed, the minimum or maximum weight per bushel required by the War Office in tenders submitted to them for oats.
§ MR. ELLIOT(for MR. BRODRICK)The minimum weight per imperial bushel of oats is fixed at 40 lbs. in Ireland, and 38 lbs. in Great Britain, except at Aldershot and Salisbury Plain where it is 40 lbs
§ MR. FLAVINIs the hon. Gentleman aware that the minimum in Ireland is 2 lbs. over that in England, and therefore most unfair to the Irish producer. Will he take steps to level it up?
§ No answer was returned.