§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether he is aware that within the past few weeks the 27 newly-elected Mayor of Limerick has been, in accordance with custom, appointed a Governor of the Limerick County Asylum; (2) will he explain why, when making out the annual list of Governors for 1896, the present Lord Lieutenant refused to appoint the newly-created Bishop of Ardagh in succession to his predecessor, although until this present year the Bishop of Ardagh has always been appointed a Governor of the Mullingar Asylum; and (3), will the precedent of the Limerick case be now followed in this case?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Mayor of Limerick was recently appointed a member of the Board of Governors of the Limerick Asylum, a vacancy having been created by the death of a former member. As regards the second paragraph I have nothing to add to my replies to the questions addressed to me on the 12th March and 18th June last by the hon. Member, in which I stated that, on the occurrence of a vacancy among the County Longford representatives on the Mullingar Asylum Board, the Lord Lieutenant would be happy to favourably consider the application made on behalf of the most Rev. Dr. Hoare.