§ MR. MACNEILLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the reasons for which Mr. John Boyd, C.E., who has been architect to the Armagh Lunatic Asylum for the past 24 years, has been recently suspended, and also the reasons for the appointment of Mr. Phillips, who is at present employed as architect to this Asylum?
§ MR. MADDEN(who replied) said: I am informed that the appointment of architect to the Board of Governors of the Armagh District Asylum is not a permanent one. Mr. Phillips was selected by recent resolution of the Board of Governors for the new works, and his appointment sanctioned by the Board of Control. The Inspectors have no means of ascertaining the motives which influenced the Governors either in appointing Mr. Phillips or passing over Mr. Boyd, who acted as their architect previously.