§ MR. B. KELLY (Donegal, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is a fact that, under the Representation of the People Act, a considerable sum was allocated for the remuneration of the various persons to whom additional work was given, with a view to having the registers properly made out, and various such persons, notably the rate collectors in several unions, discharged such extra work without having received any remuneration whatever for their additional and efficiently rendered services?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.), in reply, said, there was no reason to suppose that the money which was voted by Parliament last year for this purpose was not equitably distributed, or that any persons having proper claims on it were overlooked; but if the hon. Member knew of any case, or would give him any information on the subject, he would have it inquired into.