§ MR. J. P. FARRELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to state whether any complaint 302 has reached the Local Government Board as to the delay in furnishing the Report on the inquiry which took place under the Labourers Act in Longford on the 7th January last; and will he now call for the Report and the inspector's decision in the various cases heard on that occasion.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Local Government Board have not received any complaint of delay. It is expected that the inspector's order, which is now in the printer's hands, will be ready in a few days, and as soon as it is signed copies will be forwarded to the council. The, scheme was a large one, embracing 265 cottages and thirty-eight additional allotments.