§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Dr. Parke, the coroner for the northern division of the county Down, is also medical officer to the Newtownards (county Down) union workhouse; whether on the 17th ult, an inquest was held on the body of an inmate of the Newtownards workhouse, and it became necessary for two Justices of the Peace to hold the inquest, as Dr. Parke, in his capacity of workhouse medical officer, had to appear as a witness in the case; and, whether Dr. Parke will continue to hold the offices of coroner and workhouse medical officer, with the result that he never can act as coroner whenever it may be needful to hold an inquest on the body of an inmate of the workhouse?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe facts are as stated in the Question. The Local Government Board have under consideration the question whether Dr. Parke 1590 can continue to hold the office of medical officer of the workhouse if he retains the position of coroner to which he has recently been elected.