§ MR. P. A. MCHUGH (Sligo, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a sum of £1,506 19s. 7d. has been deducted, in respect of land purchase, from grants payable to the county council of Sligo in the month of March, 1907; and can he state what loss, if any, will be sustained by the urban district 1390 council of Sligo in consequence of this deduction.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The amount deducted in the case of county Sligo is correctly stated in the Question. A sum of £66 17s. 5d. has been deducted directly from the share of the Sligo urban district. In addition the ratepayers in the urban district will have to make good about £79, as part of the deduction made from the share of the guardians of the Sligo Union.