§ 23. Mr. GINNELLasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he is aware of complaints prevalent throughout Ireland of the unprecedented amount of damage done to crops this season by crows, rooks, and daws, now more numerous than ever, owing to the restrictions on guns and ammunition; why the Department has not, in the interest of the food supply, taken precautions against this danger; and seeing that most rookeries are on the lands of persons who do not till, whether an Order will now be issued for the destruction of all rookeries?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Duke)I am having inquiries made.