§ MR. WILLIAM KENNY (Dublin, St. Stephen's Green)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the solicitor who represented the Evicted Tenants before the Evicted Tenants Commission, and to whom the Treasury sanctioned a fee of £50 for his services, was Mr. Kilbride; and if he will lay upon the Table of the House the Correspondence between the Evicted Tenants Commission and the Treasury as to the allowance to Mr. Kilbride of the fee of £50 for his services?
§ MR. BODKIN (Roscommon, N.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that payments of this kind have to be approved by the Taxing Master, and what was done in this case?
MR. J. MORLEYI believe the usual course was followed in this case. I may add that the payment of £50 was not to Mr. Kilbride, but to a gentleman named O'Connor, who had assisted in collecting evidence on the Massereene Estate. Mr. Kilbride's case is at present under the consideration of the Treasury. The correspondence is Departmental, and it would be contrary to practice to lay it on the Table in either of the two cases.
§ MR. MACARTNEYWas he employed by the Commission?