§ MR. O'MARAI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give an estimate of the total value of butter produced in Ireland in the year 1905; and what percentages of this production were consumed therein and exported respectively.
MR. BRYCEIt is estimated by the Department of Agriculture that the value of the butter produced in Ireland in 1905 was £5,250,000 sterling. No estimate of the value of the butter exported in 1905 has been formed, but it is estimated that the value of the butter exports from Ireland in 1904 was £3,250,000 sterling.