asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs to state whether any materials were supplied to the several purchasing departments of the State during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, respectively, by the Greenmount and Boyne Linen Company, Limited; and, if so, to state in relation to each year the several descriptions of materials thus supplied, and their respective quantities and values.

Materials were supplied by the Greenmount and Boyne Linen Co. during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930 to this Department as the Central Purchasing Authority for Textiles used for Government purposes. The quantities of materials supplied actually within each of these years cannot be readily ascertained, but the totals of the orders placed with the Company during each of these years were as follows:—

It would be contrary to practice to disclose Contract prices, but the total value of the orders placed with this Company in each of these years was:—