§ MR. O'DOHERTYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant 1186 of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the report of a meeting of the Londonderry Board of Guardians held on Saturday, 4th May, at which one of the lady guardians offered to present as a gift to the Londonderry workhouse infirmary an engraving of Guido Reni's "Ecce Homo," which offer was refused by a majority of the guardiians present; and whether, considering that this picture would be acceptable to the inmates of the said infirmary, the Irish Local Government Board will insist on the guardians accepting the gift thus offered, as well as other gifts of a similar class.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe facts are as stated. The Local Government Board have no power to interfere in the matter or to instruct the guardians in questions of taste in the fine arts. The matter is entirely for the guardians themselves to decide.