§ DR. AMBROSETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that distress prevails in the districts around Newport, county Mayo; and if he will explain why relief works have not been I started there.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) The Local Government Board have approved 400 of schemes prepared by the Westport Board of Guardians for the relief of distress in the Achill and Ballycroy divisions of the union, and relief works in these divisions were, I understand, to be opened to-day.