§ MR. REDMONDasked the Chief Seretary for Ireland, If he will be good enough to explain the annual payment from the Fines Fund (Ireland) of £500 to the Consolidated Fund, no charge being made upon the latter fund in connection with the imposing, levying, or auditing of fines in Ireland?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHSir, by the Act 6 & 7 Vict. c. 78, s. 3, the Fines Fund was charged with the payment of £500 a-year to the Consolidated Fund towards the salary of the Chief Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer, who was then, and up to the year 1850, Auditor of the Accounts of Fines and Penalties under I & 2 Vict. c. 99, and 6 & 7 Vict. c. 56. In the year 1850, the Act 13 & 14 Vict. c. 51 was passed, abolishing the office of Chief Remembrancer, and transferring to the Chief or Under Secretary the power of auditing these accounts, but the charge of £500 a-year is still paid by the Fines Fund to the Consolidated Fund.