HC Deb 20 February 1896 vol 37 c689
MR. C. J. ENGLEDOW

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that the Venerable Archdeacon Jameson, who he has recently appointed a governor of the County Carlow and County Kildare District Lunatic Asylum, does not reside in either of those counties, nor does his parish or official duties extend into either of those counties; and, if so, what were his qualifications for that office?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

The Venerable Archdeacon appears to have been appointed one of the Governors of the Carlow District Lunatic Asylum in 1894. He was re-appointed in 1895 and again for 1896. It has been the practice to appoint the Protestant Bishop and the Roman Catholic Bishop of a diocese to the Board of Governors of the District Lunatic Asylum in that diocese. If the services of the Bishop are not available a representative clergyman is selected. Archdeacon Jameson has been a regular attendant.

MR. C. J. ENGLEDOW

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Government Auditor, when auditing the accounts of the District Lunatic Asylums, Ireland, only allows the Government Grant of 4s. per head per week for pauper patients for each full and complete week, and does not allow a proportion of that sum for odd days or weeks that have not been fully completed; and, if such is the case, whether he will take steps to amend the instructions issued to the Auditor on this subject, and thus save the District Lunatic Asylums from this loss?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

The practice is as stated in the first part of the question. I have asked the Local Government Board to ascertain from the Auditors, after their next audit of the accounts of these asylums, whether the collective number of days in respect of which no grant is payable, is considerable, owing to the operation of the existing rule on the subject, and when this information has been obtained I shall be in a better position to judge whether further action is called for.

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