§ MR. SAMUEL YOUNG (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Urban Council of Cootehill, county Cavan, duly elected Mr. Peter Smith as clerk of the council on 26th March, and notified the appointment to the Local Government Board, to which after two applications there has been no reply; and whether there is any reason for this delay on the part of the Local Government Board.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe Local Government Board have informed the Urban District Council that their approval of the appointment of clerk to the council is not necessary. There was, I understand, some delay on the part of the Board in conveying this intimation to the District Council, but the delay was due to a misunderstanding of the minute of the Council.