§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can stats how many rural district councils in Ireland have adopted the Public Libraries Acts; and can he give their names.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) In addition to the nineteen rural district councils set forth in the reply to the hon. Member's Question of 12th April, 1904,† the councils of North Dublin, South Dublin, Wexford, and Youghal No. 1 rural districts have passed resolutions adopting the Act, but the statutory requirements have been complied with in thirteen cases only, viz.: Balrothery, Cahirciveen, Cloneygowan, Dublin (North), Dublin (South), Dundalk, Kinsale, Mallow, Rathdown No. 1, Rath-down No. 11, Rathkeale, Wexford, and Youghal No. 1.