§ MR. KENNYasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the Irish Boundary Commissioners, when they defined the proposed Parliamentary division of West Donegal, took into consideration the necessity of having within such division a suitable centre for nominating candidates, counting votes, and declaring the result in contested elections; if so, whether he can give the name of such urban centre, its population, and the nature of the accommodation provided for the contingencies specified; and, if no such centre is contained within the division, there will be a re-arrangement of the boundaries so as to include one?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEIt formed no part of the duty of the Boundary Commissioners to take into consideration the necessity of having a suitable centre for holding the Election Courts for the divisions of counties formed by them. It will be seen, by reference to Clause 15 of the Bill, that the place of election is to be determined by the Local Authority empowered to appoint the polling districts; and the place of election need not be in the division itself, but may be in any town situate in the county at large, or in an adjoining county of a city or town.
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEIn England it is the Quarter Sessions.
§ SIR CHAELES W. DILKEI am not acquainted with the arrangements in Ireland; but in England it is the Quarter Sessions.