§ MR. KENNYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he will state the arrangement at present subsisting with regard to divisional magistrates in Ireland; and, if he will give a Return stating their names, salaries, staffs, and districts?
§ MR. TREVELYANIn reply to the hon. Member, I beg to say that in lieu of six divisions, comprising 20 counties, under Special Resident Magistrates, four divisions—comprising the same counties—were constituted on the 1st of October last under four Divisional Magistrates, one of whom is an Assistant Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The main difference between the present and the past systems is that the Resident Magistrates, who used to be under the control and direction of the Special Resident Magistrates, act independently of the Divisional Magistrates, and are not under their direction or control. I have no objection to give a Return stating their names, staffs, and districts. Their salaries, which will appear in a Supplemental Estimate, will be £1,000 a-year, without allowances.