§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Department of Agriculture in Ireland has requested the secretary of the County of Donegal Committee of Agriculture and Technical Instruction to prepare a map of county Donegal, showing the residence of each entrant under the Farm Prize Scheme, 1905; and, if so, will he state for what purpose such a map is considered necessary; and whether, in view of the trouble and cost that the preparation of such a map would involve, he will say from what fund such expense would be defrayed, and direct that the information given in the entry forms shall be used to enable the officials of the Department to locate the competitors.
§ MR. WALTER LONGYes, Sir. The map is required for the convenience of the itinerant instructors in agriculture, who are supplied free of cost to the county, to act as judges under the scheme of prizes for cottages and small farms. The only expense would be the cost of a county index map, viz., 2s. 6d., which would be defrayed out of the administrative expenses of the scheme. It is apprehended that but little trouble would be involved in marking on the map the approximate location of competing holdings.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs not this map rendered essential owing to the ignorance, of the itinerant instructors?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! I must ask the hon. Member to refrain from commenting on the Answers.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIt is the only chance one has.