§ MR. O'DOWDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the grant of £10,000, recently given by the Department of Agriculture in Ireland in connection with the Irish seed loan was intended to go in relief of repayment of interest on that loan; and, if so, will he say what are the several amounts allocated to the unions of Sligo, Tubbercurry, Boyle (No. 2), and Dromore West, in the county of Sligo, out of that grant.
§ MR. CHERRYThe grant of the Department of Agriculture was made for the purpose of reducing the cost of seed obtained under the scheme of the Local Government Board, such cost comprising all expenses chargeable upon the unions in connection with the loans advanced for the purchase and distribution of potatoes. The amount allocated to Sligo union was £211 17s. 2d.; Tober-curry union, £33 9s. 2d.; Dromore West union, £28 6s. 10d.; and Boyle union, £175 0s. 8d. No separate allocation of the grant was made in respect of the portion of Boyle union in the county Sligo.