§ Mr. O'SHEEasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether the Department has any records showing the number of mares in Ireland which were served by registered and unregistered sires in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916, and, if so, what the figures are; and whether he can say, in the absence of such records, whether there was a large diminution in 1916 of the number of mares served?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Department of Agriculture have no record which would enable them to furnish this information.