§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, under the regulations for examination for County Surveyorships in Ireland, service as County Surveyor's Assistant would count as giving qualifying experience for an appointment as County Surveyor, if the examination was successfully passed?
§ * MR. GERALD BALFOURCandidates for County Surveyorships in Ireland are required to show that they have been engaged in the practice of their profession in a responsible position, in charge of important works, for not less than four years, one of which at least shall have been spent in Ireland. A County Surveyor's Assistant would be eligible to compete provided he fulfilled the requirements of the regulations, but the mere fact of his being an assistant would not necessarily qualify him.