§ SIR COLMAN O'LOGHLENasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If it be the fact that since the month of July last the Railway Commissioners have been sitting without the assistance of a Legal Commissioner; if it be the intention of the Government to fill up the vacant office of Legal Railway Commissioner; and, if so, when is it probable the appointment will be made?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, that owing to the illness of Mr. Macnamara, the Railway Commissioners had since the month of July been sitting without a legal Commissioner. The Civil Service and Legal Profession had sustained a heavy loss in the death of that gentleman. It was the intention of the Government to fill up the vacant post, and he understood that the appointment, which was one made by Her Majesty's Sign Manual, would very shortly take place.