§ MR. PETER M'DONALD (Sligo, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he has received Copy of Resolution recently passed by the Sligo Board of Guardians, to the effect that they have no funds available for payment of the expenses of this year's Parliamentary Revision, and claiming that as the work was rather for Imperial than local purposes it should be paid for out of the Consolidated Fund; and, whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer purposes allocating a sum for this purpose same as last year?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)The Resolution referred to has been received, and the Guardians have been informed that the sum provided by Parliament last year as an exceptional relief to local rates in the peculiar circumstances of the case was limited in amount, and that, save as to such amount, charges of this kind have always been deemed to be local charges. I am not aware of any intention on the part of the Treasury to make similar grants this year; and it is obvious that if such a change were contemplated legislation would be necessary, and should be made applicable to the Three Kingdoms alike.