§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the settlement referred to in his reply on 7th September last had yet been made as to the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Prisons to increase the salaries of the officers, now that the reorganization of staffs and the amalgamation of prisons have taken place?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W)The revision of the salaries of prison 893 officers in Ireland, based upon the recommendations of the Royal Commission, has been finally settled by the Treasury and the Irish Government, and will take effect from April 1 next.