§ Mr. FIELDasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Treasury Committee on the Issues of Fresh Capital received an application, dated the 7th May last, from a well-known firm of solicitors in London on behalf of their clients for permission to register the Irish Coal and Lignite Company, Limited, for the purpose of developing coal and lignite deposits in the counties of Tyrone, Antrim, and other parts; seeing that the application stated that the company would be a private one and the capital would be subscribed in cash by the directors and their friends and owing to the urgency for producing fuel for the coming winter, will he state whether the necessary permission to register this company has been granted; and, if not, will he state why this matter should be further delayed?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and to the second part in the negative. As regards the third part of the question,354W the application has involved investigation by other Government Departments, and these investigations are not yet complete.