§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will explain why the Local Government Board is charging the Guardians of Granard Union with a sum of £52 in order to get a similar sum; released that was lodged by a former Board as the purchase money for Granard Workhouse Cemetery and Garvagh Burial Ground; whether he is aware that there was a dispute as to the ownership of these lands; and has the Local Government Board been now satisfied as to title.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The sum of,£52 represents the taxed costs incurred by the Board in withdrawing from the Court the money lodged some years previously on foot of the purchase of the fee simple of certain premises required by the Granard Guardians. The amount was paid out of public funds on behalf of the Guardians, the legal estate in the property being vested in the Local Government Board. The Guardians have refunded the amount to the Board. The latter Department is not aware there has been a dispute as to the ownership of the lands, and is satisfied as to the title.