§ MR. DALYOn behalf of the honourable Member for North Kerry I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. John H. Calvert, Local Government Board auditor, has stated in his declaration of audit of the Kerry Grand Jury on the 3rd March, 1898, that the following sums of money are outstanding as arrears on former warrants: barony of Corkaguiny, £267; barony of South Dunkerron, £229 15s. 2d.; barony of Glanerough, £806 2s. 7d.; whether he can give the names of the baronial constables and their sureties in these three baronies; and whether steps will be taken against the parties concerned for the recovery of this large sum of money outstanding?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe facts, as disclosed at the recent audit of the accounts of the Kerry Grand Jury, are correctly stated in the first paragraph. The name of the constable for the barony of Corkaguiny, who> made default in 1891, and has since died, was Mr. Hilliard. His sureties are Mr. Hewson and Colonel Rowan. Out of a sum of £1,615 for which Mr. Hilliard made default, the sum of £1,415 has been paid, leaving a balance still due of £200. The constable for the other two baronies mentioned was Mr. Hutchins, and his sureties were Mr. M'Gillicuddy, now dead, and Mr. Bateman. Mr. Hutchins made default in 1884 for £2,484, of which £1,573 has been paid, leaving a balance of £911 still due. The grand jury are 83 secured by life policy, mortgage, and promissory note against loss, and the debts are being paid by the sureties in half-yearly instalments.