§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), if he will supply, for the use of the Midland Peat Industries Committee, newly formed, large scale ordnance maps of the bogs accessible by sidings or spurs from the Midland Great Western Railway between Ballywillan and Inny Junction and between Killucan and Hill of Down stations, with all the information on the maps of the bog survey of the early nineteenth century transferred to them, showing all the borings then made with their depths, the railway line, and the county and estate boundaries, and giving the names and addresses of the present owners?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Department cannot undertake the supplying of large-scale1632W Ordnance Survey maps giving the information referred to. They are, however, arranging to furnish the hon. Member with tracings of maps (covering the districts in question), contained in the Second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the nature and extent of the Bogs of Ireland, 1810–11. together with a key map to same.
§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will ascertain through the Estates Commissioners, for the use of the Midland Peat Industries Committee, what owners of the bogs adjacent to the Midland Great Western Railway between Ballywillan and Inny Junction and between Killucan and Hill of Down stations are willing to sell the portions of the bogs not required by themselves or their tenants, the approximate area in each case, the price asked, and the address of the owner or agent?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have no power to conduct negotiations for the purchase of bog lands except for the purposes of the Land Purchase Acts, and they are accordingly not in a position to furnish the information asked for in the question.