§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will expend the whole or part of the surplus of £237,000 King to the credit of. the Board of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, either in reduction of the charges on the city of Belfast in respect of its technical institute, or in establishing an agricultural college in such a central position in Ulster as to be of real benefit to students in that province.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe surplus moneys referred to consist of unexpended 89 balances of that portion of the Department's endowment which is applicable to expenditure on agricultural industries or sea fisheries. Legislation would appear to be necessary, therefore, for the application of any portion of this surplus in respect of technical instruction. I am informed that the agricultural station in Ulster is situated near the railway junction at Clones and is easy of access from all parts of the province. It is the intention of the Department to promote the establishment of additional stations in Ulster when a supply of qualified teachers becomes available.
§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the agricultural station is on the extreme edge of Ulster and in a most inaccessible part?
§ [No Answer was returned.]