MR. O'KEEFFE (Limerick)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether an English building surveyor has been nominated to take out the quantities for the Londonderry Lunatic 1457 Asylum, for which drawings are now being prepared; what is the contemplated expenditure on the building; and if such surveyor has been so nominated, how long has he been resident and practising in Ireland as a building surveyor on his own account, and what time in any public department or private office?
§ MR. HANBURYThe surveyor who has been appointed is an, Englishman by birth, but practises in Ireland. The anticipated expenditure on the asylum building is £110,000. Mr. Sandall has been resident and practising in Ireland for nine years, three years on his own account and six years in the Royal Engineers' Department. The contracts come under the Board of Control and not the Board of Works, and the Treasury, therefore, is not responsible.
§ MR. MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)Will the right honourable Gentleman see that the stone for this building is obtained from the Donegal quarries?
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