§ MR. CRILLY (Mayo, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can ascertain whether the position of book-keeper in the Stores of the Commissioners of Irish Lights at Kingstown is now vacant, but under the provisions and, if so, do the Commissioners of Irish Lights intend to fill the vacancy by open competitive Civil Service examination; and, if not, will they state the nature of their objection to the open competition, and describe the method of appointment which they propose to adopt; and, will he, in the event of the Irish Lights Commissioners proposing to adopt their usual system of limited competition for clerical appointments, recommend to them the desirability of nominating such a large minimum number of candidates as will ensure the appointment of a thoroughly qualified officer to fill the vacancy?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEI understand that the position of book-keeper in the Stores of the Commissioners of Irish Lights at Kingstown is now vacant or about to become vacant; of the Order in Council the Board of Trade have no power to interfere with the discretion of the Commissioners with regard to the vacancy.