§ MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the Irish Board of Works will now, while the water is low, pile a landing-place and deepen a channel for boats at the mouth of the River Game, Lough Derrevarragh, Westmeath, in accordance with their inspector's report.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) The Board of Works inform me that they are not aware of any report by any inspector of theirs containing the recommendation mentioned. In any case the Board have no power to do works in this district except in default of the Upper Inny
| Statement showing the monthly prices of first quality Beef per cwt., at certain markets in England and Scotland from July, 1907 to June, 1908 (compiled from Returns received from the market reporters of the Board of Agriculture). | ||||||||||||
| Month | Scotch shortsides. | Scotch longsides. | English. | U.S.A. and Canadian port killed. | Argentine chilled hindquarters. | American chilled hindquarters. | ||||||
| Per cwt. | Per cwt. | Per cwt. | Per cwt. | Per cwt. | Per cwt. | |||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| London. | ||||||||||||
| 1907: July | 66 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 56 | 6 |
| August | 63 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 52 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 56 | 6 |
| September | 63 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 59 | 6 |
| October | 64 | 6 | 56 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| November | 64 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 51 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 59 | 6 |
| December | 63 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 55 | 6 |
| 1908: January | 63 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 39 | 6 | 54 | 0 |
| February | 62 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 53 | 6 |
| March | 60 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| April | 63 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| May | 63 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 55 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 62 | 0 |
| June | 69 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 64 | 6 |
| Week ending 16th July | 70 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 60 | 8 |
§ Drainage Board, and neither this Board nor the Drainage Board have power to do anything beyond the maintenance and, if necessary, restoration of the works mentioned in the final award for the Upper Inny drainage district dated 4th April, 1881. This work is not one of them.