§ Mr. J. O'CONNORasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office who has been appointed to buy cattle for the War Department in respect to the supplies for Curragh Camp; are the persons or firms so appointed of an expert character; and will he state their usual business and their qualifications for the performance of this duty, and also the result, in loss or gain, of the experimental system said to be now in operation?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe buyer is Mr. Robert Graham, 2, Ocean Buildings, Belfast, who is a farmer and cattle dealer. The system is still in an experimental stage, and it is too early to pronounce any opinion on its merits.