§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in preparing their next Reports, all Consuls will be requested to report whether any, and, if so, what trade is carried on between their respective districts and Ireland, and, in particular, whether the following Irish exports find a market in their districts: agricultural machinery, bacon and hams, biscuits, butter, carpets, condensed milk, cured fish, eggs, hides and sheepskins, homespuns, lace (crochet, Carrickmacross, needlepoint), linens (including yarn and thread), manures, mineral waters, poplin, porter, whiskey, wool, woollens (including tweed, serge, and frieze).
905 (Answered by Earl Percy.) As the hon. Member has alreidy bean informed, His Majesty's Consuls will be asked to state in their Reports for 1905 whether, so far as they can ascertain, any trade is carried on between their respective districts and Ireland; and there is no objection to including in this request a reference to the particular articles mentioned in this Question.