§ MR. R. M. DANE (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the County Court Judge for Donegal in the case of Doherty v. Travers, given at Donegal on the 9th instant; and whether he is in a position to say when the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into and report upon the administration of the Loan Fund Acts in Ireland will be presented?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (MR. J. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.As I stated yesterday, attention has been drawn to the observations of the learned Judge in the case mentioned. The Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the administration of the Loan Funds is now under the consideration of the Loan Fund Board, who are in consultation with their legal advisers on the subject, and until the Government have received the further suggestions of the Board I do not think 270 the Report can properly be laid on the Table of the House.
§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Bill dealing with the interest and repayment of local loans, promised last Session, will be introduced?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.I made no promise last Session to introduce a Bill dealing with the interest and repayment of local loans. I promised to consider the matter, and said that I hoped to be able to introduce a Bill. I have a scheme before me, but am not in a position at present to make any more definite statement on the subject.