§ Mr. DELANYasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether his attention has been called to a resolution passed at the last meeting of the Queen's County Committee of Agriculture requesting the Department to sanction the registration of Clydesdale and shire stallions under the scheme for 1914–15; and can he say whether this request will be acceded to?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe resolution in question has been duly received. The question of accepting stallions of the shire and Clydesdale breeds for registration in districts other than those for which they are now accepted has been considered on many occasions by the Advisory Horse-breeding Committee, the Council of Agriculture and the Agricultural Board, and, having regard to the decisions of these bodies, the Department do not see their way to accede to the request of the Queen's County Committee of Agriculture.