§ Mr. GUINEYasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), to state what is the annual expenditure on the agricultural school at Clonakilty; what is the amount of the receipts per annum; how many schools of a similar character are there in Ireland; and in what counties are they situate?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe gross annual expenditure on the agricultural school at Clonakilty, including the cost of agricultural experimental work carried on there, has averaged £3,786 during the past three 47W financial years. The average annual receipts during the same period amounted to £2,365, leaving a net average annual expenditure of £1,421. The only other agricultural school conducted on the same lines as the Clonakilty institution is that situated at Ballyhaise, county Cavan.