§ MR. ARTHUR MOOREasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If he would state to the House what is the average number of paupers in Kilmacthomas Workhouse; and, whether he has considered the advisability of amalgamating this union either with one or more of the unions adjacent?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHSir, the average daily number of paupers in the workhouse alluded to during the year for which the Returns are given in the last Annual Report of the Local Government Board was 143. No proposal has at any time been made to the late Poor Law Commissioners or the Local Government Board to amalgamate this Union with any other, and therefore the matter has not been specially considered. But the general question of amalgamation was thoroughly considered in 1857.