§ MR. P. M'HUGH (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Clerk of the Peace for the County of 190 Leitrim invited tenders for the printing of the register of Parliamentary voters in the county for the year 1894; in what papers and on what dates did the notice inviting tenders appear; when was a tender accepted, and by whom; will he direct the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Leitrim to issue in due time each year in future advertisements calling for tenders for the printing of the Register of Parliamentary voters for the county; and will he also direct that the tenders be opened in public?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH,for Mr. J. MORLEY) Fife, E.,The Clerk of the Peace reports that he did not invite tenders for the year 1894, as he could not find any statute compelling or authorising him to do so. He states that an application will be submitted to the next Presentment Sessions, and, if passed, the Secretary to the Grand Jury will take steps to insert notices in the newspapers in which county advertisements usually appear inviting tenders, which will be dealt with in open Court, in the same manner as tenders for other works.