§ MR. JOHN O'CONNOR (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has been informed that several of the principal rivers in the north of Ireland have overflowed their banks and that miles of low-lying country districts are under water; that in several parts of Derry, Fermanagh, and Monaghan, hundreds of acres of potatoes have been 757 totally destroyed, and that farmers are compelled to use boats to remove horses and cattle from dangerous positions; and whether he will advise the Commission on arterial drainage to visit the flooded districts so as to take an object lesson on the subject matter of their inquiry.
MR. BRYCEI had not received information to the effect mentioned in the Question. I have, however, referred the Question to the Secretary of the Commission on Arterial Drainage, and am informed that the Commission will sit in Belfast to-day and on the remaining days of this week, and the hon. Member's suggestion will be brought before the Commissioners for their consideration.
§ *MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)Is it not the fact that the state of things is much worse along the basin of the Barrow?