§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the estimated annual cost of instituting in Ireland a system of grading butter; and what would be the relative proportion to be borne by the Department of Agriculture and the butter exporters.
MR. BRYCEThe Department of Agriculture are not at present in a position to give any reliable estimate of the annual cost of instituting in Ireland a system of grading butter. They are of opinion, however, that the cost would probably amount to a sum largely in excess of any revenue which would be obtained.