§ Colonel BURNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture on how many courses in Ireland are race meetings permitted during the year 1917; how many days' racing does this comprise; and, besides these, how many illegal meetings are held which are not under the rules of racing?
§ Mr. DUKESubject to any necessary restriction on public grounds, race meetings on 47 courses in Ireland this year, comprising 129 days' racing, have been arranged There is no record of illegal meetings.