asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of companies incorporated outside the Free State which had established places of business within Saorstát Eireann on December 1st, 1928, indicating the class of business in which they were engaged according to the classification used in the Census of Production.

Companies incorporated outside Saorstát Eireann which filed particulars pursuant to Section 274 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, on or before the 31st December, 1928, classified according to their business.