§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, during the term of office of the present Clerk of the Peace in the county of Donegal, or that of his immediate predecessor his father, and to whom he was assistant, a number of public records have been made away with from the Peace Office in Lifford; and, whether the attention of the Government has been called thereto, and what steps they intend to take in the matter?
§ MR. CAMPBELL - BANNERMANThe records of the Peace Office at Donegal are not, and never were, under the control of the Government. I understand a question has arisen with regard to the custody of certain documents alleged to have been deposited in this office in 1847; but the present clerk, who was appointed in 1872, states that no records have been made away with in his time. I believe the Lieutenant of the County, as Custos Rotulorum, is the legal keeper of the records of the Peace Office.