S.I. No. 384/1947 - Tillage Order, 1947.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 384.

TILLAGE ORDER, 1947.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.

Article.

1. Short title.

2. Definitions.

3. Definition of "Occupier."

4. Excepted holdings.

5. The tillage quota.

6. The wheat quota.

7. Holdings to which this Order applies.

8. Obligations of occupiers of holdings to which this Order applies.

9. Wheat exempted holdings.

10. Entry on and taking possession of uncultivated holdings.

11. Holdings uncultivated under the 1946 Order or unoccupied.

12. Retention of possession and retaking of possession of certain holdings to which the 1946 Order applied.

13. Application of certain sums and rents.

14. Information by occupiers of holdings.

15. Inspection of land, etc.

16. Evidence of appointment of inspectors.

17. Order to override restrictive covenants as to user of holdings.

SCHEDULE.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.

1947. No. 384.

TILLAGE ORDER, 1947.

The Government in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Tillage Order, 1947.

2. In this Order—

the expression "the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture ;

the word "holding" means so much of a rateable hereditament as is land capable of being tilled, and where the same person is rated or liable to be rated in respect of two or more rateable hereditaments, all such rateable hereditaments shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be a single rateable hereditament ;

the word "inspector" means a person appointed by the Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of this Order ;

the expression "the 1946 Order" means the Tillage Order, 1946 ( S. R. & O. No. 343 of 1946 ) ;

the expression "District No. 1" means the district specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order ;

the expression "District No. 2" means the district specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order ;

the expression "District No. 3" means the district specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order.

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, in this Order the expression "the occupier" means, in relation to a holding, the person who is rated or liable to be rated in respect of the rateable hereditament or the rateable hereditaments which is or are or includes or include such holding.

(2) Where the occupier, as defined by paragraph (1) of this Article, of a holding (in this subsection referred to as the actual occupier) does not himself care and manage the holding, then—

(a) if there is any person who is authorised to make lettings of the holding on behalf of the actual occupier, that person shall, for the purposes of the subsequent provisions of this Order, be deemed also to be the occupier of the holding, and the powers and obligations conferred or imposed by the said subsequent provisions on the occupier of the holding shall be deemed to be conferred or imposed severally on each of them, the actual occupier and the said person,

(b) if there is no person so authorised, but the holding is cared and managed by a person, that person shall, for the said purposes, be deemed also to be the occupier of the holding, and the powers and obligations conferred or imposed by the said subsequent provisions on the occupier of the holding shall be deemed to be conferred or imposed severally on each of them, the actual occupier and the said person.

4.—(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that a holding or a portion of a holding—

(a) is required in the year 1948 for the purpose of carrying on of an industry other than agriculture, and that its use for such purpose would be of greater service in national interests than its cultivation, or

(b) has been required and regularly used in the year 1947, and is required in the year 1948 for the accommodation, for periods not exceeding ten days at a time, of stock, intended for disposal at auctions, fairs or markets, or for shipment, or for the accommodation, as aforesaid, of stock held over from auctions, fairs or markets, or

(c) has been required and regularly used in the year 1947, and is required in the year 1948 for the accommodation of cattle or sheep intended for slaughter within fifteen days of their being accommodated on such holding, or

(d) has been required and regularly used in the year 1947, and is required in the year 1948 for the maintenance of a stud of high-class thoroughbred horses consisting of breeding animals, foals and yearlings, or

(e) is required in the year 1948 as the track of a racecourse recognised as such by the Turf Club or the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee, or as a paddock, ring or other enclosure, adjacent to the stand or stands of such racecourse, or

(f) has been required and regularly used in the year 1947 as a track for the training of racehorses by a trainer licensed as such by the Turf Club or the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee, and is required for that purpose in the year 1948, or

(g) has been regularly used by an agricultural or industrial society as their Show grounds, and is required for that purpose in the year 1948, or

(h) is let for the year 1948 to, or is owned by, a club, the main object of which is the promotion amongst its members of any outdoor game played between two or more persons, which is affiliated to or recognised by the governing body of that game in Ireland, and has been regularly used by such club for the playing of such game in the year 1947, and is required by such club for that purpose in the year 1948, or

(i) has been used by a college or school in the year 1947 as a playing field, and is required for that purpose in the year 1948, or

(j) is licensed for use as an aerodrome by the Minister for Industry and Commerce and is required for that purpose in the year 1948, or

(k) is the subject of a deed given by the Irish Land Commission under the terms of section 4 and section 20 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, section 18 of the Irish Land Act, 1909, and section 69 of the Land Act, 1923 (No. 42 of 1923) for the purpose of providing pasturage for milch cows,

the Minister, on the application of the occupier of such holding made in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article, may—

(i) in case he is so satisfied as respects the whole of such holding, declare such holding to be an excepted holding, or

(ii) in case he is so satisfied as respects portion of such holding, declare such portion to be excepted.

(2) The following provisions shall apply in respect of an application by the occupier of a holding for a declaration under paragraph (1) of this Article, this is to say :—

(a) every application—

(i) shall be made to the Minister not later than the 1st day of December, 1947, and

(ii) shall be made in such form as the Minister may direct, and

(iii) shall set out particulars of all land held by the occupier in the State, the manner in which the holding or the portion of the holding in respect of which the declaration is sought is used and is proposed to be used, and the grounds of the application ; and

(b) where the applicant is a company, club or other association, the application may be made by the chairman, secretary or duly authorised agent.

(3) Where a declaration has been made under paragraph (1) of this Article declaring portion of a holding excepted, the area of such holding shall for the purposes of Articles 5, 6, 7 and 9 of this Order be taken to be the difference between—

(a) the actual area of such holding, and

(b) the area of such portion.

(4) The Minister may at any time revoke a declaration made under paragraph (1) of this Article if he is satisfied that the holding or portion of a holding, in respect of which such declaration was made, is not and will not be required for any of the purposes set out in the said paragraph (1).

5.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, the tillage quota in respect of a holding shall be three-eighths of the area of the holding and the expression " the tillage quota " shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In paragraph (1) of this Article the reference to three-eighths of the area of a holding shall, if in the year 1948 first year's grass which has been laid down in accordance with proper methods of husbandry is produced or is growing on any part of the holding and such part was cultivated in the year 1947 within the meaning of the 1946 Order, be construed as a reference to—

(a) where such part is equivalent in extent to three-thirty-seconds or more of the area of the holding—nine-thirty-seconds of the area of the holding, or

(b) where such part is equivalent in extent to less than three-thirty-seconds of the area of the holding—the difference between such part and three-eighths of the area of the holding.

6. For the purposes of this Order, the wheat quota in respect of a holding shall be—

(a) where the holding consists of land situated wholly in District No. 1—one-tenth of the area of the holding,

(b) where the holding consists of land situated wholly in District No. 2—one-sixteenth of the area of the holding,

(c) where the holding consists of land situated wholly in District No. 3—one-twenty-fifth of the area of the holding, and

(d) in any other case—the aggregate of—

(i) one-tenth of the area of so much (if any) of the holding as is situated in District No. 1, and

(ii) one-sixteenth of the area of so much (if any) of the holding as is situated in District No. 2, and

(iii) one-twenty-fifth of the area of so much (if any) of the holding as is situated in District No. 3,

and the expression " the wheat quota " shall be construed accordingly.

7. This Order applies to every holding (other than a holding the whole of which is declared an excepted holding under Article 4 of this Order or a holding which is certified by the Minister for Defence to be required in the year 1948 for military purposes or a holding which is or forms part of a public park, or a public recreation ground) the area of which comprises not less than five acres statute measure.

8.—(1) Every person who is the occupier of a holding to which this Order applies shall—

(a) cultivate in the year 1948 a portion of the holding equivalent in extent to the tillage quota, and

(b) as part of such cultivation, cultivate in the year 1948 with wheat a portion of the holding equivalent in extent to the wheat quota.

(2) The Minister or any inspector may, by direction in writing served on the occupier of a holding to which this Order applies, require the said occupier to do any one or more of the following things, that is to say :—

(a) to cultivate in the year 1948 a part (which shall be described in the direction) of the holding,

(b) to sow with wheat before a specified date a part (which shall not exceed in extent the wheat quota) of the holding,

(c) to sow with wheat before a specified date a part (which shall be described in the direction and shall not exceed in extent the wheat quota) of the holding,

(d) to treat in such manner as the Minister may specify any portion of his holding which was—

(i) under a cereal crop in 1947 and was not laid down to grass in that season in accordance with proper methods of husbandry, or

(ii) allowed to lie fallow in 1947.

(3) Nothing contained in a direction served under paragraph (2) of this Article on the occupier of a holding to which this Order applies shall be construed as affecting the obligation imposed on him by paragraph (1) of this Article.

(4) For the purposes of this Article—

(a) the expression " cultivate in the year 1948 " when used in relation to land, means, do in accordance with proper methods of husbandry, in the year 1948, all the following things, that is to say :—

(i) till such land, and

(ii) sow not later than the 15th day of July, 1948, and produce on such land a crop (other than grass, clover or rape) capable of being used as, or converted into, human or animal food, or produce on such land a crop of flax or tobacco, and

(iii) in case the crop produced on the land is not kale or turnips, sever such crop from the soil and harvest it, and

(iv) in case the crop produced on the land is kale or turnips, sever such crop from the soil and harvest it or use it as a growing crop,

and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

(b) the cultivation in the year 1948 of any part of a holding to which this Order applies by a person to whom such part has been let in conacre by the occupier of such holding shall be deemed to be cultivation in the year 1948 of such part by such occupier ;

(c) the cultivation of any portion of a holding to which this Order applies by or on behalf of the Minister under the powers conferred on him by Articles 10, 11 and 12 of this Order shall not be regarded as cultivation by the occupier ;

(d) where any part of a holding to which this Order applies has been sown with rye for harvesting in the year 1948 and such part is situated in District No. 3, such part shall be deemed to have been sown with wheat for harvesting in the year 1948 ;

(e) where any part of a holding to which this Order applies has been sown in the year 1947 with wheat, oats, barley or rye, for harvesting in the year 1948, such part shall be deemed to have been tilled and sown in the year 1948 with wheat, oats, barley or rye (as the case may be) ;

(f) where—

(i) a crop has been sown or planted in the year 1948 on a holding to which this Order applies, and

(ii) the Minister certifies that in his opinion the said crop has been sown or planted at such a date that it cannot in the year 1948 reach the stage of growth at which it would, in accordance with proper methods of husbandry, be ready for severance from the soil or use as a growing crop,

the said crop shall be deemed not to have been sown or planted on such holding in the year 1948;

(g) where—

(i) a crop was growing in the year 1948 on a holding to which this Order applies, and

(ii) the said crop has in the year 1948 been severed from the soil or used as a growing crop, and

(iii) the Minister certifies that in his opinion the said crop has been severed from the soil or used as a growing crop before the date on which it should, in accordance with proper methods of husbandry have been so severed or used,

the said crop shall be deemed not to have been sown or planted on such holding in the year 1948 ;

(h) where the Minister certifies the matters mentioned in either or both of the following clauses —

(i) that in his opinion a crop was sown or planted on a portion of a holding to which this Order applies which was not capable of producing a reasonable yield of that crop in the year 1948,

(ii) that in his opinion the cultivation carried out in the year 1948 on a holding to which this Orderapplies or on a portion of such a holding was not carried out in accordance with proper methods of husbandry,

such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matters so certified.

(5) A person who is the occupier of a holding to which this Order applies shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent deterioration, prior to threshing, of any cereal crop produced on the land by cultivation in the year 1948.

9.—(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that a holding to which this Order applies and which comprises ten acres statute measure or less in area has (save as regards so much (if any) thereof as has been declared under paragraph (1) of Article 4 of the 1946 Order to be excepted) been used during the year 1947 solely for the growing for marketing in the State of fruit, or vegetables (including potatoes), and is (save as regards so much (if any) thereof as has been declared under paragraph (1) of Article 4 of this Order to be excepted) required for sole use as aforesaid during the year 1948 the Minister may, on the application of the occupier of such holding made in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article, declare that such holding is a wheat exempted holding.

(2) The following provisions shall apply in respect of an application by the occupier of a holding for a declaration under paragraph (1) of this Article that such holding is a wheat exempted holding, that is to say :—

(a) every application—

(i) shall be made to the Minister not later than the 1st day of December, 1947, and

(ii) shall be made in such form as the Minister may direct, and

(iii) shall set out particulars of the situation and area of the holding in respect of which the declaration is sought and the manner in which it is used and is proposed to be used, and

(b) where the applicant is a company or other association, the application may be made by the chairman, secretary or duly authorised agent.

(3) Where a holding to which this Order applies is declared under paragraph (1) of this Article to be a wheat exempted holding, sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Article 8 of this Order shall not apply in relation to the holding and a direction under sub-paragraph (b) or sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) of the said Article shall not be capable of being served on the occupier of the holding.

10.—(1) Where—

(a) on or after the 15th day of January, 1948, the Minister is satisfied, in the case of a holding to which this Order applies and which is occupied, that the occupier of such holding has not taken reasonable steps towards complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of Article 8 of this Order, or

(b) on or after the 15th day of January, 1948, the Minister is satisfied, in the case of a holding to which this Order applies and which is occupied and in respect of which a direction under sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) of Article 8 of this Order has been served, that the occupier of such holding has not taken reasonable steps to comply with the requirements of such direction, or

(c) on or after the 15th day of December, 1947, the Minister is satisfied, in the case of a holding to which this Order applies and which is occupied and in respect of which a direction under sub-paragraph (b) or sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) of Article 8 of this Order has been served, that the occupier of such holding has not complied with the requirements of such direction, or

(d) a holding to which this Order applies is unoccupied, the Minister or an inspector may enter on, and take possession of such holding.

(2) Where—

(a) the Minister or an inspector has taken possession of a holding under this Article, and

(b) a notice to that effect has been conspicuously displayed on such holding,

the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say :—

(i) no person shall, without the permission of the Minister or an inspector, enter or remain on such holding,

(ii) no person shall, without the permission of the Minister or an inspector, damage or interfere with or remove any part of the fencing of such holding or any gate thereon,

(iii) no person shall damage any crops growing on such holding,

(iv) no person shall, without the permission of the Minister or an inspector, permit any animal of which he is the owner to enter or remain on such holding,

(v) section 20 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851, shall apply in respect of such holding as if the references, in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of the said section, to the occupier of land included references to the Minister, an inspector or a person to whom a conacre letting of such holding has been made under this Article.

(3) Where the Minister or an inspector has taken possession of a holding under this Article, the Minister or an inspector may direct the occupier of the holding not to use or let any other lands in his possession contiguous to such holding.

(4) Where the Minister or any inspector has taken possession of a holding under this Article, the following provisions shall also have effect, that is to say :—

(a) the Minister or an inspector may do or authorise to be done all things which he considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of the cultivation of such holding in the year 1948 or for adapting it for cultivation in the year 1948, or any subsequent year, including fencing and may also, while in possession of such holding or on the termination of such possession, remove any such fencing or work of adaptation,

(b) the Minister or an inspector may make a conacre letting to any person of such holding for such period (nor exceeding eleven months) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper,

(c) if any part of such holding is laid down to grass by or on behalf of the Minister, the Minister or an inspector may do in respect of that part any one or more of the following things:

(i) make a grazing letting to any person for such period (terminating not later than the 31st day of December, 1948) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper,

(ii) make a letting for meadow to any person for such period (terminating not later than 31st day of December, 1948) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper,

(iii) make a letting of aftergrass to any person for such period (terminating not later than the 31st day of December, 1948) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper,

(d) the Minister or an inspector may enter on and take possession of any buildings used in conjunction with such holding,

(e) each of the following persons—

(i) the Minister,

(ii) an inspector,

(iii) any person to whom a letting of such holding has been made under this Order,

(iv) any person who has purchased a crop produced on such holding,

(v) any person who has contracted with the Minister to carry out the cultivation or adaptation for cultivation (including fencing) of such holding or to carry out the removal of any fencing or work of adaptation,

(vi) any person employed by the Minister or by an inspector or by a person to whom a letting has been made under this Order or by any person who has purchased a crop produced on such holding or by any person who has contracted with the Minister to carry out the cultivation or adaptation for cultivation (including fencing) of such holding or to carry out the removal of any fencing or work of adaptation,

may, for the purpose of cultivating or using such holding or for the purpose of doing any act in relation to any crop produced on such holding or, in the case of any such contract as aforesaid, for any purpose connected with the contract, enter upon and use, and exercise the right to pass and repass (with or without vehicles, farming implements or machinery, or animals) over, any other land in the occupation of the occupier of such holding and also exercise any right of way appurtenant to such holding or such other land,

(f) no goods or chattels (including severed crops) which are on such holding or which, though not on such holding, are being used for the time being in connection with such holding and which are the property of any person (other than the occupier of such holding) shall, during the year 1948 be seized under any process of law for the recovery of any moneys due to the Irish Land Commission by such occupier, whether such moneys are payable out of such holding or any other lands, or for the recovery of any moneys due by such occupier for any rates, whether payable in respect of such holding or any other lands in the occupation of such occupier.

(5) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing the prosecution of the occupier of a holding to which this Order applies in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1), or of a direction under paragraph (2), of Article 8 of this Order in relation to the holding.

(6) References in this Article to a holding shall be construed as including references to part of a holding.

11. Where, in the case of a holding to which the 1946 Order applied, the Minister is satisfied that—

(a) the requirements of paragraph (1), or of a direction under paragraph (2), of Article 8 of the 1946 Order were not complied with, or

(b) such holding was unoccupied during the period commencing on the 1st day of January, 1947, and ending on the date on which this Order is made,

the Minister or an inspector may, on or at any time after the date of this Order, enter on and take possession of, such holding, and the provisions of Article 10 of this Order shall thereupon apply in like manner as if the Minister or such inspector had taken possession of such holding under the provisions of the said Article 10.

12. Where, in pursuance of the 1946 Order, the Minister or an inspector was in possession at any time during the year 1947 of a holding to which the 1946 Order applied, the following provisions shall apply and have effect, that is to say :—

(a) where the possession has continued until the date of this Order, the Minister or an inspector may retain possession of the holding, and

(b) where the possession has been given up before, on, or after the date of this Order, the Minister or an inspector may at any time enter on and retake possession of the holding,

and in every such case the provisions of Article 10 of this Order shall thereupon apply in like manner as if the Minister or such inspector had taken possession of the holding under the provisions of Article 10 of this Order and, in addition, if any part of the holding was laid down to grass by or on behalf of the Minister in the year 1947 the Minister or an inspector may do in respect of that part any one or more of the following things :

(i) make a grazing letting to any person for such period (terminating not later than the 31st day of December, 1948) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper,

(ii) make a letting for meadow to any person for such period (terminating not later than the 31st day of December, 1948) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper,

(iii) make a letting of aftergrass to any person for such period (terminating not later than the 31st day of December, 1948) and at such rent and upon such conditions and subject to such reservations as he thinks proper.

13.—(1) Where, in pursuance of this Order, the Minister or an inspector has taken possession of a holding to which this Order applies or has taken possession of, or retained possession of, or retaken possession of, a holding to which the 1946 Order applied and has either cultivated the holding by producing a crop thereon or made a letting thereof, the Minister may apply the sum realised for such crop or the rent under such letting (as the case may be) in any one or more of the following ways :

(a) in or towards defraying any expenses (including periodical inspection, caretaking, fencing and sale of crops) incurred in, or in relation to, the exercise, as respects the holding of the powers conferred by this Order on the Minister or an inspector or by the 1946 Order or any of the previous tillage Orders on the Minister or on an inspector or authorised person within the meaning of such Order,

(b) in or towards the payment of any debt due to a State authority by the occupier of the holding,

(c) in or towards the payment of any rates due to a local authority by the occupier of the holding, whether such rates are payable in respect of the rateable hereditament or the rateable hereditaments which is or are or includes or include the holding or any other rateable hereditament in the occupation of the said occupier.

(2) Any payment under this Article to a State authority or a local authority shall be deemed a payment by the person liable to make such payment.

(3) Each of the following shall be a State authority for the purposes of this Article, that is to say :—

(a) the Irish Land Commission,

(b) the Revenue Commissioners,

(c) the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

(4) In this Article—

references to a holding shall be construed as including references to part of a holding ;

the expression " the previous tillage Orders " means the Emergency Powers (No. 12) Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 299 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 12) Order, 1939 (Amendment) Order, 1940 (S. R. & O. No. 72 of 1940), the Emergency Powers (No. 53) Order, 1940 (S. R. & O. No. 307 of 1940), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 53) Order, 1940 (Amendment)Order, 1941 (S. R. & O. No. 5 of 1941), the Emergency Powers (No. 124) Order, 1941 (S. R. & O. No. 514 of 1941), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 124) Order, 1941 (Amendment) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 10 of 1942), the Emergency Powers (No. 234) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 466 of 1942), the Emergency Powers (No. 296) Order, 1943 (S. R. & O. No. 353 of 1943), the Emergency Powers (No. 345) Order, 1944 (S. R. & O. No. 283 of 1944), and the Emergency Powers (No. 366) Order, 1945 (S. R. & O. No. 251 of 1945).

14. It shall be the duty of every person who is the occupier of a holding to furnish, if and when so required, to the Minister or an inspector such particulars with respect to the holding and user thereof as may be required by the Minister or such inspector for the purposes of this Order.

15. An inspector may for the purposes of this Order enter on and inspect any land or building and inspect any machinery, implements of husbandry, farm stock or produce thereon.

16. A certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture (being the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Agriculture) certifying that a specified person has been appointed by the Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of this Order shall be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer or that he was in fact such officer.

17. This Order shall have effect notwithstanding any covenant, agreement, condition or provision as to the user of a holding to which this Order applies, whether contained in any lease or other instrument affecting such holding or in any verbal contract of tenancy or implied by law, and no such covenant, agreement, condition or provision shall operate so as to penalise, impede or interfere with the doing of anything required or authorised to be done under this Order on such holding.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

DISTRICT No. 1

The district consisting of—

(a) the following county boroughs :

Cork,

Dublin,

Limerick,

Waterford,

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(b) the following administrative counties :

Carlow,

Dublin,

Kildare,

Kilkenny,

Leix,

Limerick,

Louth,

Meath,

Offaly,

Tipperary, North Riding,

Tipperary, South Riding.

Waterford,

Westmeath,

Wexford,

Wicklow,

(c) the administrative county of Cork except—

(i) the urban districts of Clonakilty, Macroom and Skibbereen, and

(ii) the rural districts as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925, of Bantry, Castletown, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Kanturk, Macroom, Millstreet, Skibbereen and Schull.

PART II.

DISTRICT No. 2.

The district consisting of—

(a) the following administrative counties :

Clare,

Kerry,

Longford,

Roscommon,

(b) the administrative county of Galway except—

(i) the rural districts as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925, of Clifden and Oughterard, and

(ii) that part of the rural district as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925, of Galway west of the river Corrib,

SCHEDULE—continued,

(c) the following urban districts in the administrative county of Cork :

Clonakilty,

Macroom,

Skibbereen,

(d) the following rural districts as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925, in the administrative county of Cork :

Bantry,

Castletown,

Clonakilty,

Dunmanway,

Kanturk,

Macroom,

Millstreet,

Skibbereen,

Schull.

PART III.

DISTRICT No. 3.

The district consisting of—

(a) the following administrative counties :

Cavan,

Donegal,

Leitrim,

Mayo,

Monaghan,

Sligo,

(b) the following rural districts as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925, in the administrative county of Galway :

Clifden,

Oughterard,

(c) that part of the rural district as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925, of Galway in the administrative county of Galway west of the River Corrib.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 21st day of November, 1947.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.