MR. FIELD () Dublin, St. PatrickI beg to ask the President of. the Board of Trade whether he can state the number of times the Railway Commissioners have acted in Ireland since their appointment in 1881, in what places, the cost of each witting, and the result thereof.
§ MR. RITCHIEThe Railway Commissioners were appointed under the Railway 230 and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, and an account of their proceedings in Ireland will be found in their annual reports presented to Parliament. Apart from the cost of the Commission itself, which it is impossible to apportion, I am informed that the special expenses of the Commissioners in Ireland are confined to the travelling expenses of the two appointed Commissioners and the registrar.