THE DISASTROUS KILCLOONEY EXPERTUTINT.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."..1 SIR,—In his Nottingham speech, reported in to-day's Times, Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., supplies interesting details of the failure of Mr. Parnell's Migration Company. Mr. Russell corroborates Mr. Redington's correction of the error into which I unwittingly fell, in laying the scene of the intended migration in the Eastern half of Ireland. Mr. Russell gives the name of the estate, which he describes as "apiece of Galway bog," as Kilclooney, in County Galway. Mr. Russell also corroborates Mr. Redington in his statement that the price paid was too high, but by no means corrobolates his inference that the too high price was the main cause of the failure of the migration scheme.
According to Mr. T. W. Russell, the locality was absolutely unsuitable for the experiment, and the whole thing was a glaring instance of the incapacity of Nationalists for business transactions.
Of the £43,300 paid for "the piece of bog," only £1,000 was Nationalist money. The £42,300 was advanced by the British Treasury. It would be interesting to know who was
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