§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chief Secretary why an official of the Land Commission in Dublin did not give the Irish tailors the opportunity of tendering for uniforms, and got measure forms from England and made one of his clerks measure the porters and messengers employed in the Land Commission, and sent the order to a person chosen by himself; and whether he was aware that the make and material proved unsatisfactory, while the uniforms of Irish manufacture, made by trades union labour, supplied to other boards, have proved more satisfactory?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe uniforms for the messengers employed by the Irish Land Commission are obtained from the Royal Army Clothing Department in pursuance of instructions issued by the Treasury. The uniforms so supplied are satisfactory in all respects. So far as I am aware all messengers' uniforms for Dublin Departments are obtained from the same source.