§ SIR T. ESMONDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the Government would have any objection to furnish a Return showing the total cost of the Powis Commission?
SIR J. GORSTThe right hon. Gentleman has asked me to answer this question. I beg to refer the hon. Baronet to pp. 24–25 of the Parliamentary Paper No. 426 for 1888, which shows that the total cost of the Powis Commission was £17,185.