§ MR. BRIGG (Yorkshire, W.R.,) KeighleyTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will furnish a list of the various sums advanced by the Department of Agriculture or Congested Districts Board in aid of manufacturing or other industries in Ireland, and the nature of the securities, if any, for such advances.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) This information, brought down to the 31st March, 1904, is given in the following tables. In the case of the Congested Districts Board the information extends 720 back to the establishment of the Board in 1891, and in the case of the Department of Agriculture it covers a period of four years:—
| Loans made by Congested Districts Board. | ||
| Industry. | Amount of Loans. | Nature of Security. |
| £ | ||
| Weaving | 1,061 | Personal. |
| Barrel making. | 2,452 | Personal. |
| Straw bottle making | 200 | Mortgage on buildings. |
| Iodine making | 450 | Mortgage on buildings. |
| Boot making | 150 | Personal. |
| Lace making | 604 | Personal. |
| Brick making | 50 | Personal. |
| Woollen Factory | 10,000 | Secured on lands. |
| Total | £14,967 |