MR. MAC NEILLI had intended to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been directed to a letter of the Rev. Thomas Long, M.A., Rector of St. Michan's Church, Dublin, appearing in the Irish Timesof 16th 682 January, 1891, stating that the tower of St. Michan's Church is in a dangerous condition and fast going to decay, but that the Ancient Monuments Board will do nothing for its repair unless the Church Body will consent to give up the use of this tower to them; whether he has seen a letter in the Spectator of the 29th November from Mr. W. G. S. Bagot, commenting on the defects of the administration of "The Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 1882," and stating that out of a sum of £150 voted by Parliament for the year 1889–90, for the preservation of ancient monuments in Ireland, only £1 7s. 6d. was actually spent on them, the balance going back to the Treasury; and whether he will take some step, either by the amendment of the law or otherwise, so as to prevent the tower of St. Michan's Church, which was built in 1036, and is from its historic associations one of the most interesting structures in Ireland, from falling into ruin from want of funds for its repair, when moneys voted by Parliament for the preservation of ancient buildings are actually paid back to the Treasury? At the request of the right hon. Gentleman I will postpone the question.