7 JANUARY 1899, Page 25

THE CO-OPERATIVE MONEYLENDER.

(To THI Roma or Tar "Eirscrixos.."] SIB,—Will you allow me to supplement Mr. Hussey-Walsh's very clear statement of the working of the Raffeissen banks in Ireland P The establishment of these banks in that country is almost entirely due to the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, of which the Hon. H. Plunkett, M.P., is President, and the Rev. Father Finlay, S.J.. is Vice-President. The omission to state this in Mr. H. Walsh's letter was of course accidental.—I am, Sir, Sic.,