§ 11. Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade received a petition from the London Chamber of Commerce-asking it to interpose to protect the Irish egg trade against the negligence of the railway companies in allowing the eggcases to be exposed to rain during transit and many of them to be broken and others delayed in transit until the contents were stale, while some of them were lost and no notice was sent to the addressees; and whether, in view of the loss to traders and co-operative societies in Ireland, he will take immediate action to prevent the ruin of the Irish trade and oblige the railway companies to do what has already been done in bringing eggs-from the Continent, namely, to provide special arrangements for the carriage of Irish eggs to the English markets?
§ Mr. PRETYMANComplaints have been received from the London Chamber of Commerce and from traders regarding the handling of this traffic, and I understand that the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland have arranged a conference on the subject with the railway companies, at which-the London Chamber propose to be represented.