§ MR. KNOXI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the cess collectors in Cavan have, by direction of the Grand Jury, refused or omitted to give separate receipts for county cess under the Relief of Distress Act, 1880, half of which is recoverable from the landlord, or in any way to separate the amounts levied under that Act from the ordinary cess; whether £4,000 repayable by the landlords has ever been repaid by them owing to this practice; and whether he will take steps to prevent the recurrence of this abuse?
§ MR. JACKSONThe subject-matter of this question does not come within the cognizance of the Executive Government. I, however, caused a copy of this question to be forwarded to the Secretary to the Grand Jury for any observations they might desire to offer. No reply has so far reached me.