§ MR. FIELD () Dublin, St. Patrick'sI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board some time since received a communication from the ratepayers of the Pembroke township, and more recently a correspondence from two Town Commissioners with regard to certain proceeding of the Township Board, and whether any action was, or will be, taken thereon; and whether he is aware that the burgess list is regulated by the Town Clerk upon a £10 rating qualification without any Revising Barrister or public revision; and that the agent of the Earl of Pembroke need not be elected by the ratepayers, as the Act provides that the agent for the time being shall be a Commissioner?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Local Government Board inform me that they are unable to identify the correspondence to which the hon. Gentleman refers in the first paragraph of the question. If he will state to what precise matter it relates further inquiry will be made. With regard to the second paragraph, the list of persons entitled to vote at the annual election of the Pembroke Town Commissioners is made out by the clerk in the manner prescribed in the 27th section of The Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1871. The rating qualification is £10. The agent for the time being of the Earl of Pembroke's estate within the township is ex officio a Commissioner under Section 10 of the Pembroke Township Act, 1863.