asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the total amount paid out in bounties on calf-skins during the period from the commencement of the bounty system to the latest date and the number of calves slaughtered in the same period.
Written Answers. - Total Bounties on Calves Slaughtered.
The total amount paid out in bounties on calf-skins during the period from the commencement of the bounty scheme to the 9th May, 1936, was £228,013 10s. I have no information regarding the number of calves slaughtered in this period but the number of calf-skins on which export bounty was paid in the period was 400,701.
The total number of calf-skins inspected and passed to date during the present year, including 41,709 in the figure already given, is 95,520. Bounty is payable only after the calf-skins have been exported and when satisfactory evidence of export has been furnished.