§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is a fact that the authorities in Dublin Castle have refused to sanction the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Kerr as Presbyterian chaplain to the Cork District Lunatic Asylum; and, what reasons have been given for the alleged decision?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said: The Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council made an Order on the 1st of February authorizing the appointment of a Presbyterian chaplain to Cork Asylum. They have not refused to sanction the appointment thereto of the rev. gentleman named.