§ MR. KING-HARMANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If he is aware that the Royal Commission issued on the 22nd January last, for the purpose of inquiring into the present system of Registry of Deeds in Ireland and other matters connected therewith, has up to the present been inoperative, as the Commissioners have not yet held a meeting or taken any steps in pursuance of the directions contained in the Commission, although offices have been fitted up, a secretary appointed, and all necessary 159 preparations made by the Irish Treasury for their accommodation; and, whether it is the intention of the Irish Government to take any steps in reference thereto?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. GIBSON),in reply, said, that the Commissioners had been engaged in collecting information, and making arrangements for the due prosecution of their inquiries, and they would hold the next meeting on the 24th of the month, and would continue to sit regularly every week, and would, he hoped, be able to make their Report within the time assigned to them.