§ Mr. A. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of pedigree cattle exported from this country during 1925, and the number exported prior to 1st July in 1926?
Mr. GUINNESSNo statistics are available of the numbers of pedigree cattle exported, but, the numbers of cattle exported for breeding from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1925 and in the first six months of 1926 were 6,827 and 3,756. Of these totals exports to the Irish Free State accounted for 5,861 and 3,300, of which only a small percentage were pedigree cattle. The exports to countries other than the Irish Free State consisted almost entirely of pedigree cattle.