§ MR. O'DOHERTY (Donegal, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether a separate account is kept at the Valuation Office of every sum received for (a) certificates of valuation, (b) ordnance maps, and (c) colouring and marking farms on such maps; whether any, and what, allowances, over and above their regular salaries, are made to clerks in the Office in respect of (a) or (b); and, whether any persons are, or have been, employed in addition to the staff in respect of these matters, and on what terms?
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN) (who replied) said (Dublin University)The Commissioner of Valuation reports that the reply to the inquiry in the first paragraph is in the affirmative. No allowances over and above their regular salaries are allowed to the clerks in the Office for those duties. Up to the present no addition has been made to the staff in respect of the recent increase of work for the Land Commission Department; but an application for additional assistance is now before the Treasury.