§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, "Whether it is the intention of the Local Government Board for Ireland, on the amalgamation of the Newport Union with that of Westport, to deprive the officers of their situations, without compensation or superannuation, some of them having as many as eighteen years' service; whether such treatment would not be most unjust, and inflict great hardships on the officials who have for many years discharged their respective duties satisfactorily; and, if he will state what the Government purpose doing with reference to these officials?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI have nothing to add to the answer which I gave to a Question of the hon. and learned Member for Monaghan (Mr. Healy) on this subject on the 14th instant.