§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many Protestant and Roman Catholic inmates there are at present in the Belfast workhouse; and how many belonging to Ulster, Munster, Leinster, and Connaught, respectively.
§ MR. BIRRELLI am informed that it would take the officials of the Belfast Workhouse a considerable time to make the search through the workhouse books which would be involved in answering this Question, and, in view of the pressure of work now upon the officials owing to the approach of the holiday season, the Local Government Board would be glad to spare them this labour for the present if possible.
§ MR. J. DEVLINHow far has Dunville's contributed to bring people—both Protestants and Catholics—into Belfast Workhouse?
§ MR. BIRRELLThat is too subtle a Question for my intelligence.