§ 69. Mr. LARDNERasked the Vice-President what Report his Department has received as to the potato crop in Ireland this year as to quality and quantity?
§ Mr. RUSSELLThe reports received by the Department from a large number of correspondents all over Ireland as to the state of the crops at mid-October show that the potato crop taken as a whole is this year much below the average of recent years, both as regards yield and quality of sound tubers.