§ MR. C. J. ENGLEDOW (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether he has yet ascertained from the Local Government Board auditor whether the collective number of days in respect of which no Government grant is payable for pauper patients confined in Irish district lunatic asylums is considerable; and (2), whether it is his intention to amend the instructions issued to Government auditors on this subject?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURReports have not yet been received from all the auditors dealing with the matter referred to in the Question, but the Board hope to receive them at an early date. Until all these reports have been received, I cannot, as already stated, decide whether further action is called for in the direction suggested in the second paragraph.