§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the deputy returning officer for the Temple bredin Division, of the No. 2 Tipperary District Council, on the evening of the 4th June, when taking the ballot box, after the voting in Temple bredin, into the town of Tipperary, did not, as required by statute, deposit the box in the board room of the workhouse, but took it to his hotel during the night, although the workhouse porter kept the door open to receive it; and will he cause inquiry to be made into the circumstances of the case, and take proceedings to prevent a repetition of such conduct.
(Answer.) The Government has no knowledge of and no control over the matters alleged in the Question. If an illegality has been committed the parties aggrieved can seek redress by petition.—(Irish Office.)