§ MR. MAURICE HEALY (Cork)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the class of subjects on which lay assistant commissioners are now examined before appointment.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe qualifications of lay assistant commissioners are prescribed by the rules of the Irish Land Commission, dated March 13 last (Parliamentary Paper C. 9296). In connection with the qualifications therein prescribed a qualifying examination is held by the Civil Service Commissioners in the following subjects: Agriculture, principles of surveying, English composition including précis, and arithmetic up to and including vulgar and decimal fractions.