ROYAL COMMISSION ON CONGESTION IN IRELAND
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APPENDIX
TO THE
S I X T H R E P O R T
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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
(TAKEN IN COUNTY SLIGO AND COUNTY LEITRIM
17th TO 27th APRIL, 1907),
AND
DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO
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1907
[Cd.3748] Price 3s. 7d.
ROYAL COMMISSION ON CONGESTION IN IRELAND
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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
The Right Hon. The EARL OF DUDLEY, G.C.V.O.(Chairman).
The Right Hon. Sir A.P. MACDONNELL, G.C.S.I.
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN C.R. COLOMB, K.C.M.G.
The Right Hon. Sir FRANCIS MOWATT, G.C.B.
The Most Rev. PATRICK O'DONNELL,D.D. Lord Bishop of Raphoe.
JOHN ANNAN BRYCE Esq., M.P.
WALTER KAVANAGH, Esq., D.L.
CONOR O'KELLY, Esq., M.P.
ANGUS SUTHERLAND, Esq., Chairman of the Fishery Board for
Scotland
Secretary -
WALTER CALLAN, Esq.
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
To enquire into and report upon the operations of the
Acts dealing with Congestion in Ireland, the working
of the Congested Districts Board, and the Land
Commission under these Acts, and the relations of
the Board with the Land Commission and the department
of Agriculture and Technical Instruction; what areas
(if any) outside the districts now scheduled as
congested require to be dealt with as congested;
what lands are most conveniently situated for the
relief of congestion; what changes in law or
administration are needed for dealing with the
problem of congestion as a whole, for facilitating
the migration of surplus population from congested
areas to other lands, and generally for bettering
the condition of the people inhabiting congested areas.
Apr [April?] 17 1907 Witness Mr. Henry Brennan
questioned by Sir Francis Mowatt:
27637
Now, I do not see how we can ever hope -
and I Trust in God we will - to stop emigration
if something is not done in like
manner or something to that effect, in settling
the people at home. And I find in a question of
Mr. M'Veagh [McVeigh?] in the House of Commons about the
state of the country that the population is
dwindling away. It has gone down from 8«
million to 4Â
