§ MR. DANE (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury how many out of the 1,448 cases which came before the Irish Board of Works for increases of rent in respect of the Lough Erne Drainage were in respect of holdings upon which judicial rents were not fixed; how many in respect of holdings upon which judicial rents had been fixed; what were the reasons in respect of the 291 cases in which the Board declined jurisdiction that it did so; is there any objection upon the part of the Board to lay upon the Table of the House the details of the expenditure of £210,000, £106,000 of which is in excess of the estimate, and what is the reason why the accounts of this important work have not been published as by Law prescribed; and whether, having regard to the fact of the enormous expenditure of £106,000 over the Estimates, and the fact that no detailed accounts as prescribed by the Statute have been published, the Treasury will consent to a sworn inquiry respecting the expenditure of this excess?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTIt has been impossible hitherto to obtain the information for which the hon. Member asks, but I am in communication with the Irish Board of Works, and if the hon. Member will repeat his question on Monday I may be in a position to give him an answer.