§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. Perry, chief clerk in the office of the Collection of Rates, Dublin, lately appointed to "temporarily discharge" the duties of the vacant office of Collector General, has assumed the style and title of "Collector General of Rates" in all documents issuing from the office; and whether, in consequence, the senior first-class clerk is seeking promotion to the office of chief clerk, as if Mr. Perry had vacated that office and had been appointed Collector General; whether Mr. Perry retains the place of chief clerk, and that the Collector Generalship is vacant; and whether Mr. Perry will be instructed to describe himself as "Collector General pro tem," or "Acting Collector General," in accordance with the provisional arrangement?
§ MR. JACKSONMr. Perry is discharging temporarily the duties of Collector General of Rates in Dublin. The warrant of appointment is absolute in its terms, as we were advised that this was necessary. His Excellency has delayed making a permanent appointment in order to afford the Dublin Corporation the opportunity of saying whether they desire to take over the collection of the municipal rates under the Act of 1890. We have not yet heard the decision of the Corporation, but we shall probably do so very shortly.