§ MR. BYRNE (Wicklow W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it was true that the chief valuer attached to the Irish Land Commission was in receipt of £1,000 a-year for said office; whether he is a pensioner of Greenwich Hospital; whether he is in receipt of £300 a-year pension from that institution; and, what are his qualifications for the discharge of the important duties of chief valuer to the Irish Land Commission?
§ *MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Land Commissioners inform me that the facts are as stated in the first three paragraphs. The gentleman in question was for many years general estate manager for Greenwich Hospital at a salary of £1,400 a-year, and has many years' experience in valuing land.
MR. BRYNEHas this officer any qualification whatever? Does he know anything about the valuation of land?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI cannot express an opinion upon that point.