§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is now in a position to state how many rural district councils have adopted the Public Libraries Act, and can he give their names.
§ MR. WYNDHAMResolutions adopting the Act have been passed by nineteen councils—Ballymena, Balrothery, Cahirciveen, Cloneygowan, Cork, Dingle, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Dunmanway, Kenmare, Killarney, Kinsale, Mallow, Naas No. 1, Navan, Rathdown No. 1, Rathdown No. 2, Rathkeale, and Tralee. In some of these cases, however, the statutory requirements in respect of notices have not been complied with, and the Local Government Board is in communication with the councils concerned on the subject.