§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.)asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money has been paid to the local authorities in England under his new scheme for assisting local rates by contributions from the Imperial Exchequer; how much to the local authorities in Scotland; and how much to the local authorities in Ireland?
§ *MR. GOSCHENThe sums which have been paid, or will be paid tomorrow, are:—In England, in respect of disturnpiked and main roads, £538,000; to boards of guardians, £543,000—total, £1,081,000. In Scotland, special grant to Highlands and Islands £29,950; to road authorities £70,000; pauper lunatics and boarded-out children, £25,850—total, £125,800. A further sum of about £28,000 for costs of management will be paid to the Poor Law authorities in respect of the year now concluding, as soon as the exact amount of the probate duty can be ascertained. In Ireland £5,000 has been paid to the Royal Dublin Society. The boards of guardians and the road authorities will receive over £60,000 each as soon as the exact amount of the duty can be ascertained.
§ MR. W. A. MACDONALDThe principal evidence was that of a police constable, and I wish to know whether there was anything to show, in accordance with the Statute, that Mr. Conlan was a person of ill-fame. I wish also to understand whether, while heretofore, the proprietors and editors of newspapers in Ireland have been proceeded against for publishing the proceedings of suppressed branches of the Irish National League, they are now to be proceeded against for publishing the proceedings of branches that have not been suppressed?
§ MR. MADDENI have distinctly stated that this person was not prosecuted for publishing the report of a meeting. The evidence was that he had published incitements to violate the law of the land.