§ MR. GILLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it i is true that Mr. Scott Byrne has been for some time back in receipt of a salary of £200 per annum in the office of his father, the Collector General of Rates in Dublin; that his father placed him in that position without his having passed the usual examination, and without the necessary approval of the Lord Lieu- 749 tenant; that his salary is much higher than those of many gentlemen who were regularly appointed, and who were in the department several years before him; if the Government Auditor, in his recent Report, has disallowed his salary, on account of the irregularity of his appointment; and, if, in view of these circumstances, he will be removed from the department?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, the Government had asked for an explanation, which was not satisfactory, and was referred to the Treasury Remembrancer in Ireland, who, together with the Auditor, were now engaged in an inquiry, which, he hoped, would be completed soon.