§ MR. MITCHELL HENRYasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the gentleman who has been appointed to superintend the preservation of the National Monuments in Ireland had made the ancient architecture of Ireland a subject of previous study; and, whether the Secretary to the Treasury has any objection to lay upon the Table of the House a Copy of the Instructions under which he is to act?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHSir, Mr. Deane, the gentleman who has been appointed to superintend the preservation of the national monuments in Ireland, was recommended for that appointment by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ire- 950 land, as being an architect of recognized ability and extensive experience, and as being also acquainted with ancient Irish monuments, to which he has given great attention. There is no objection to lay upon the Table a Copy of the Instructions under which he acts.