§ MR. EDWARD BARRYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether seeing that the working of the barytes mines at Muckross, Ardfield, Clonakilty, has been suspended some time, thereby throwing a number of skilled workmen in that district out of employment, and seeing that those mines yield the best mineral of that species in the South of Ireland, and in view of the number of miners in that district awaiting the resumption of work at these mines, steps will be taken to induce the Department of Agriculture to send down an inspector to report on their condition and capabilities.
* MR. BRYCEThe Department of Agriculture intend to have the locality in question visited by their expert, but owing to the pressure of prior engagements it will not be practicable for him to make inspections in that locality for some time to come.