§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork County, E.)On behalf of the bon. Member for Cork, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Irish Department of Agriculture is responsible for the Irish section of the St. Louis Exhibition; if so, will he explain why no advertisements of the Irish exhibits have been issued, while those of all other countries are widely advertised; why a charge of 25 cents is levied on visitors to the Irish section, while Austrian, English, French, German, and other manufactures, have their goods shown free; and whether Sir Horace Plunkett consulted him in the matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe position of the Department in connection with the Irish section of the Exhibition was explained by me in answer to the Question by the hon. Member for West Clare on the 4th May last.† The Irish Exhibit Company defray the cost of freight and insurance on exhibits to and from St. Louis. The Irish exhibits are constantly advertised by the authorities of the Exhibition, in the same
‡ See (4) Debates, cxxxiv., 388.780 way as all other exhibits. The charge for admission is made by the Irish Exhibit Company in order to recoup it a portion of the heavy expenditure incurred by the company in connection with the Exhibition.