§ DR. KENNY (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland why, on the reconstruction of the Laud Commission Department in Dublin in January, 1892, the Laud Commissioners appointed to the office of Registrar a gentleman of less than five years' experience, thereby superseding Mr. Hugh Pollock who held 1719 the position to which he had been appointed in 1886 by the unanimous selection of the Land Commissioners of that time, on account of his special fitness for the office, and who had an official experience of over 21 years; whether Mr. Pollock's successor in the office of Registrar was appointed with a salary of £600 per annum, or £100 per annum more than that enjoyed by MR. Pollock; and, if so, why; and whether, if no ground was to be found in Mr. Pollock's capacity in the discharge of his duties for appointing a junior officer over his head, and reducing him from the office of Registrar to that of Assistant Registrar, some step will be taken to compensate him for the loss which he has sustained?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneOn the 11th April, 1892, a question was addressed to my predecessor on the subject of the appointment referred to, which, as the hon. Gentleman is aware, was made during the term of Office of the late Government upon the re-organisation of the Land Commission under the Act of 1891. The reasons for making the appointment were explained in answer to that question, and I am afraid I can only refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given on that occasion.