Lord Carlingford made an interesting speech in the House of
Lords on Monday, in answer to one of Lord Dunraven's, on. the condition of Ireland. Lord Carlingford stated that while the Government could not see their way to any great land reclama- tion scheme in Ireland such as Mr. O'Connor Power had advo- cated, they were not only willing but anxious to lend money for the purposes of reclamation to tenant-farmers who could give good security, and that a beginning had been made by the sanction of small loans amounting in all to 296,000,—while the lending of £108,000 more was still under consideration, —to tenants anxious to reclaim and improve upland wild land.
in connection with their existing farms. Of this £96,000 already sanctioned, £22,000 had been actually lent. If any public body or company proposed a migration, as distinguished from an emigration scheme that was at all hopeful, it would be most carefully considered by the Government, said Lord Carlingford. And we are not entirely without hope that some such scheme may be proposed before long, by one of the great London Companies possessed of Irish estates.
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