§ SIR HENRY WINSTON BARRONsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether any and what steps are proposed in order to publish the many valuable historical and legal documents now partially prepared for publication, or now in manuscript in the Rolls Office and in the Record Tower at Dublin; and, whether it is intended to publish the valuable manuscripts prepared for publication by the Brehon Law Commission?
§ MR. CHILDERS,in reply to the first question of the hon. Baronet, had to state that there were many documents in the Birmingham Tower and other public 375 offices in Dublin of great public interest. These were to be removed to the new Record Buildings, weeded, and classified, and it would remain to be considered whether they should be calendared. About £7,000 a year was now being paid for publishing and calendaring records in the three Kingdoms, and when next year's Estimates were being prepared, this question would be considered. In answer to the second question, he would refer the hon. Baronet to the Paper laid on the table on the 23rd of April. The first volume of the Brehon Law, the "Senchus Mor," Papers had been published, the second was in a forward state, and it was expected that the rest would be ready for press within two months.