§ MR. AUSTIN (Limerick, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord 239 Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is a fact that the Royal Commission on Local Taxation have abandoned their intended sitting in Dublin, substituting London instead, thereby depriving the representatives of the Irish people from giving evidence otherwise than by incurring serious inconvenience through loss of time and heavy expenditure; and whether, under the circumstances, the decision, if arrived at, could be reconsidered so as to meet the requirements of public bodies as expressed by the Limerick County Council.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir M. WHITE RIDLEY,) Lancashire, BlackpoolI am informed by the secretary that the Royal Commission on Local Taxation have reluctantly felt themselves obliged by various circumstances to abandon their proposed meeting in Dublin. The witnesses whom it was intended to hear have been invited to London, and no complaints have been received from them, all those for whom definite dates have been fixed having agreed to come. Their travelling and other expenses will be paid in accordance with the usual custom on the scale laid down by the Treasury.