§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state what is the annual cost to the ratepayer of County Clare of the Clare Light Railways.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe accounts of the Clare County Council show that during the financial year ending 31st March, 1907, the net expenditure upon the railways in question was £11,734, of which the sum of £6,098 was provided by the Treasury contribution, and the grant from the Local Taxation Account, leaving £5,636 as the net cost to the county.