§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Wexford, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what the Department of Agriculture propose to do with Avondale House, now that they have purchased the property to form a forestry school; and whether, in view of the fact that Avondale House was the birthplace of the late Mr. Parnell, the house will be preserved as a national relic.
§ MB. WYNDHAMThe Departments in any use it may make of Avondale House, I will have due regard for it, historic associations.