§ MR. STANIERI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) if he will give the names of the places where black scab in potatoes has broken out in Ireland.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLThe only places in Ireland where black scab in potatoes has been found are Kilkeel on the south coast of County Down, two cases, and the southern end of the Ards Peninsula on the east of the same county, one case.
§ MR. STANIERinquired if seed potatoes were sent from these places to England.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI do not think any come from County Down. There is a seed potato trade between Derry and Armagh.
§ MR. J. MACVEAGHIs it not the fact that the crops in which this disease has been found are very small crops, and that this year's Irish potato crop is the best for ten years past?
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLYes. The disease was found in one plot owned by the Coastguard, and in another it was found in a garden.