§ MR. W. FIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what grants were made by Parliament for the publication of Irish manuscripts in the year 1892–3; to whom were they made; and how have they been applied?
§ * SIR J. T. HIBBERTUnder the Stationery Office Vote £200 was voted for 1892–3, payable to a committee for superintending the editing of the Brehon laws. Nothing, however, was spent in that year. Under Vote 6 of Class IV. of the Civil Service Estimates for 1892–3 there was voted £400 for researches into and publication of Celtic manuscripts included in the grant to the Royal Irish Academy. The Royal Irish Academy also spent in that year £267 for transcription, editing, and publication of the Annals of Ulster, which was recouped to them by a Vote of the same amount in 1893–4. There had been no Vote for this purpose in 1892–3.