§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state if the Dublin Stock Exchange is incorporated or has a regular exchange; and whether the Belfast Stock Exchange Association is incorporated or has a regular exchange.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe Dublin Stock Exchange, limited, is registered as a company in Dublin under the Companies 1379 Acts and carries on business there. The Belfast Stock Exchange does not appear to be so registered.
§ MR. MACVEAGHIs the right lion, j Gentleman aware that the Belfast Exchange consists of a small ring of stock jobbers who never served an apprenticeship to the business. Would it not be in the public interest to hold an inquiry?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI have received no information officially.