§ MR. DALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at a special meeting of the County Council of Monaghan it was resolved that deputies should be appointed to the assistant county surveyors, by which the duties of the assistant county surveyors would not be increased from the time of the Grand Jury; whether he can state if the County Council of Monaghan appoint deputies to the assistant county surveyors, the Local Government Board will allow the salaries to remain at £80 per annum, as was paid to the assistant county surveyors during the time of the Grand Jury.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe reply to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. I 937 am advised that it would not be competent for the county council to appoint deputies to the assistant surveyors otherwise than in cases of illness or incapacity.