§ MR. MOORE (Armagh, N.)To ask the Vice-President of the Board of Agriculture (Ireland) what amount the Department subscribed or guaranteed, or both, to the Exhibition now being held in Dublin; what part they took, if any, in providing for exhibits; and at how many meetings of the management have the Department been represented since the inauguration of the scheme.
(Answered by Mr. T. W. Russell.) The Department have not guaranteed any amount to the Irish International Exhibition. With the concurrence of the Agricultural Board a sum of £2,000 was allocated from the Department's funds for the specific purpose of enabling small rural industries, especially those working in connection with the Department, to exhibit their products. The Department was represented on the committee appointed by Her Excellency the Countess of Aberdeen to further the exhibition of these rural industries. The answer to the last part of the Question is that at none of the meetings of the management of the Exhibition have the Department been represented.