§ MR. DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will cause an inquiry to be held as to the reason why the average cost per week per inmate for the past year has been 3s. 11¾d. in Carrickmacross Workhouse, while in Clones 3s. 0½d. and Monaghan workhouses 2s. l0½d. suffices for the average cost per inmate per week.
§ MR. WYNDHAMIt is not the practice of the Local Government Board to cause an inquiry to be held into the differences in the cost of maintenance in various unions. These differences are attributable to the terms of the contracts for supplies in each case and the proportion of sick to healthy, and other similar causes. The average weekly cost of 1417 maintenance in the Leinster unions is 4s., and in the Ulster unions it is 3s. 5¾d. It does not appear, therefore, that there is anything exceptional in the case of Carrickmacross.