§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state, what number of experiments under the Agricultural and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act have been carried out in county Cavan up to March 31st, 1905, specifying the valuation of the holdings on which same were tried; and further, if he will state the number of said experiments made upon the holdings of agricultural labourers in county Cavan.
§ MR. WALTER LONGIn 1902, ten; in 1903, thirty; in 1904, twenty. The Department have not yet received a
‡ See page 465.655 report as to the number of experiments which the county committee's instructor has arranged for the present season; and they have no information as to the valuation of the holdings concerned, or whether any of these holdings belong to agricultural labourers.
§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)What is the nature of the experiments?
§ MR. WALTER LONGThat I cannot say without notice.