So far these responses have not been very sympathetic.

He invited me to lunch here with him to-morrow, and visit some of the most interesting points in and around the city.

Here, too, I met Colonel Spaight, Inspector of the Local Government Board, who gives me a startling account of the increase of the public burdens.

Twenty years ago there were no persons whatever seeking outdoor relief in Cork.

This year, out of a total population of 145,216, there are 3775 persons here receiving indoor relief, and 4337 receiving outdoor relief, making in all 8112, or nearly 6 per cent.