HC Deb 04 April 1892 vol 3 cc569-70
MR. W. O'BRIEN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether there is a general Index of the Papers connected with the Chief Secretary's Office, by whom is it prepared and how checked, and what are the arrangements for transferring these papers from time to time to the custody of the Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland?

MR. MADDEN

(who replied) said: "The papers in the Chief Secretary's Office are registered, and indexed from day to day by the Registry staff. They are subsequently removed from time to time to the Record Tower under the provisions of the Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867. When the records are 50 years old they are transferred to the Public Record Office.

MR. W. O'BRIEN

I do not quite understand what is the check that prevents these papers from being destroyed.

MR. MADDEN

They are registered in due course.