§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on what date the Local Government Board inquiry into the general working of the Labourers Acts in the county Antrim was held; what was the result of that inquiry; and can copies of the Report, if any, of the person or persons who held the inquiry be obtained from the Local Government Board.
§ MR. WALTER LONGIn 1902 inquiries were made as to the working of the Labourers Acts in counties Antrim and Down, and the result went to show that owing to disinclination on the part of the farmers and to the apathy of the labourers, the Acts were rarely applied up to 1899, but that since that date many schemes had been formed and others were being prepared. These inquiries were made for the general information of the Government, and the Reports made are not available for public use.