§ DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is yet in a position to state the result of the interview between the engineer to the Irish Board of Works and the engineer to the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, as to the cost of construction of the proposed railway from Mallaranny, county Mayo, to Belmullet.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The negotiations in this matter have not yet terminated. The Government are using
† See(4) Debates, clxxi, 639: clxxiii, 851–21155 all possible efforts to bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion, and in the meantime it would not be desirable to state the progress of the negotiations piecemeal.