§ MR. O'SHEAasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in reference to Parliamentary Return No. 203 of this Session (in which it is stated that the works at Gowleen Tullig, county Clare, were completed last March at an expenditure of £255), Whether it is a fact that a further contribution of £15 from charitable sources has since been paid to the Board of Works in aid of a further Government grant of £45 for additional works at the place in question; whether the further grant of £45 was, in consequence, made by the Board for such works; and, if so, why no notice is given in Return No. 203 of the additional contribution and grant; and, if he will cause a Return to be made showing, in the same form, how this additional sum has been expended?
§ MR. COURTNEYThe statements in the Question of my hon. Friend are correct; and the further Government grant will be included in a Supplementary Estimate, shortly to be laid before Parliament. The grant could not be referred to in the Return, because it was not included in the Parliamentary grant of £45,000. If my hon. Friend wishes to know the details of the further expenditure, I will procure them for him at the proper time; but the amount is too small to justify a Parliamentary Return being made of it.