asked the Prime Minister whether he can state when the Debate on the Indian Budget will be taken?

I am not yet able to fix a date, but I hope that a day may be arranged during the first week in August.

asked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he is aware that, on the morning of 6th July, the railway company had no P-wagons at Valentia Harbour, with the result that live lobsters and fresh mackerel had to be loaded in a goods wagon and taken as far as Farranfore, where they were reloaded into a P-wagon; can he state the result of his recent inquiry at Valentia; and whether, in view of this further breakdown of the necessary arrangements for the fish traffic at Valentia, the Department proposes to take any, and, if so, what, steps to safeguard the fishing industry in South Kerry?

The Department are aware of the facts referred to. Their inspector has reported, and they are now in communication with the railway company on the general question of the fish traffic as dealt with at Valentia.

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can state why, in dividing the lands of Orchardstown, Waterford Union, an applicant for a portion of those lands, named Morris, who had been evicted from a farm on the townland of Orchardstown, received no part of the divided lands?

The hon. Member appears to have been misinformed. The Estates Commissioners offered Morris over 70 acres of the lands of Orchardstown, but he refused the offer.

asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. Patrick Power, of Kilmacthomas, duly filed a claim with the Estates Commissioners as an evicted tenant; that he gave particulars showing that he was evicted from the estate of Mr. P. M. Power, of Farthlegg, county Waterford; that the Estates Commissioners have informed him that he does not come within the class of persons described as evicted tenants by the Land Act of 1903; will he say on what grounds they have come to this decision; and whether they will reconsider his application?

The Estates Commissioners inform me that the eviction in this case did not take place within the time specified in section 2 (1) (d) of the Irish Land Act, 1103. The application cannot therefore ben entertained.

asked the Chief Secretary whether the Estates Commissioners have received a list of names, furnished by the Aghaboe branch of the United Irish League, as suitable persons to receive allotments of the untenanted lands of Kilbreedy, Stubber estate, Queen's County; and can he say if due consideration will be given to the claims of those small holders when the lands in question are being distributed?

The Estates Commissioners have received the communication referred to. Due consideration is given to all applications lodged with them.

asked the Chief Secretary if he is aware that for some time past it has been almost impossible at the Belfast police court for the police to obtain a conviction against any spirit grocer who is summoned for violation of the Licensing Act, and that on the 7th instant five cases were dismissed, on which occasion Mr. S. W. Boyd, a distiller, was on the bench; if he would inquire whether Mr. Boyd took part in the deliberations contrary to the statute; and, if so, what action he will take in the matter?

I am informed that there have been complaints of the difficulty of obtaining convictions for breaches of the Licensing Acts in Belfast, and that on the 7th instant five cases of the kind were dismissed. I understand that Mr. Boyd was on the bench on that day, but took no part in the deliberations on cases under the Licensing Acts.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that the only popular information given as to how to become a naval officer is published by a firm of tailors; whether the Board will consider this question with a view to raising it to a higher level by officially supplying information on the lines of that given in reference to Sandhurst and Woolwich, such as would be useful to schools, parents, and guardians; and whether he will consider the advisability of supplying the information to the Public Schools Year Book, the Navy League Annual, and any other publications which may be willing to insert it?

Full information as to how to join the Navy as an officer is published in the quarterly Navy List, and printed Regulations are issued by the Admiralty to any person who applies. This information is regarded as quite sufficient, and an ample supply of candidates is forthcoming.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether the fulfilment of the undertaking given by a student entering a training college, as expressed in Article 10 (6) of the Regulations for the Training of Teachers, may be held to satisfy the declaration required from a candidate for a bursarship under Article 31 (ft) of the Regulations for the Preliminary Education of Elementary School Teachers?

In view of the present wording of Article 31 (6), the answer to the question is in the negative; but the Board will consider the suggestion contained in the question in connection with the next version of the Regulations for the Preliminary Education of Elementary School Teachers.