§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the extent and cost of the ground proposed to be taken in connection with the proposed transfer of the Marlborough Street College students to the residence for men and women to be erected on Colonel Lindsay's farm at Glasnevin; the estimated cost of the building for men and women; the estimated cost of furnishing this residential building for men and women students, and making it ready for their occupation; the estimated total cost of the proposed college residence for men and women students; and whether he will publish copies of all reports or correspondence from the professors or directors of the Marlborough Street College as to the suitableness, or otherwise, of the Glasnevin site for college residence, in view of its distance from the present college, lecture halls, and the primary schools.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The area of the site proposed to be acquired is twenty-seven acres. The cost of the ground and buildings cannot at present be given. No reports of the character mentioned have been made by the principals and professors of the college.