§ MR. JOHNSTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will consent to give the Return of the names, addresses, dates of appointment, and religious professions of all Governors of District Lunatic Asylums in Ireland for the years 1892 and 1893, as moved for by the Member for South Belfast?
MR. J. MORLEYI cannot find that there is a precedent for the Return suggested by the hon. Member. The District Lunatic Asylums Boards in Ireland were re-organized by the late Government in 1887, during the Chief Secretaryship of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for West Bristol, when 95 Governors who had been appointed without any limitation of time were removed; and again in 1887, during the Chief Secretaryship of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for East Manchester, when the numbers of the Governors constituting the Boards were generally reduced, in some cases, at least, by one-third. It does not appear that Returns were then presented to the House, and I think properly so, as any such Returns must prove invidious, and could serve no useful purpose.