§ MR. M'CARTANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Gaol at Downpatrick, County Down, has been discontinued as a convict prison; and whether the Prison Board intend to make any, and, if so, what, further use of it?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe General Prisons Board report that the gaol at Downpatrick has been discontinued as a convict prison, but that the question of the future disposal of the building has not yet been decided.