§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What are the respective duties and salaries of Messrs. Matthew Anderson, Samuel L. Anderson, George Bolton, Alexander Murphy, and William Lane Joynt, Crown Solicitors for the City of Dublin; whether, formerly, Mr. Matthew Anderson singly discharged the duties of Crown Solicitor for the City of Dublin at a salary of £1,500; and, whether now, the amalgamated salaries of the five solicitors amount to nearly £5,000?
§ MR. TREVELYANOnly one of the gentlemen named—Mr. Matthew Anderson—is Crown Solicitor for Dublin. His salary is £600 a-year, with £500 for expenses. He is sometimes assisted by Mr. Bolton and Mr. Murphy in his ordinary duties; but this is a matter of arrangement between themselves, and involves no charge to the public. When Mr. Anderson is specially directed to conduct an investigation at the Police Courts without counsel, he is allowed an assistant, who is paid a fixed rate per diem. Mr. Bolton and Mr. Murphy have on some recent occasions acted as such assistants. Mr. Lane Joynt is Crown and Treasury Solicitor in Ireland. His duties are chiefly of a civil character, and his connection with criminal business relates only to prosecutions in the Queen's Bench. His salary is £1,200 a-year, with £800 for expenses. The late Mr. Kemmis formerly discharged the duties now divided between Messrs. M. Anderson and Joynt, and received a salary something higher than the united salaries and allowances of his successors. The other gentlemen named hold Crown Solicitorships in other parts of the country, wholly unconnected with the Dublin appointments—namely, Mr. S. L. Anderson, Kilkenny and Waterford; Mr. Bolton, Tipperary; and Mr. Murphy, Clare and Kerry.