§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the position of Medical Officer to the Comber Dispensary, Newtownards Union, has a salary of £100 a-year attached to it; whether, on its becoming vacant by the death of Doctor Prance, the Dispensary Committee proposed to reduce this salary to £60 per annum; whether the action of the Committee was supported by the Newtownards Board of Guardians; whether there were three 1389 candidates for the situation, each of them willing to accept it at £60; whether one of these candidates acted as Medical Officer during the period between the death of Doctor France and the appointment of his successor; whether the right of appointment in cases of this kind rests with the Local Government Board or the Board of Guardians; and, whether he will inform the House on what authority the Local Government Board decided not to permit the reduction?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe hon. Member appears to have been misinformed as to the ultimate decision of the Local Government Board in this matter. The Local Government Board, after due inquiry, and some hesitation, decided not to oppose the wishes of the Board of Guardians, but gave their consent to the salary being fixed at £60 a-year.