§ MR. MURNAGHANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the cost of county administration (cess and poor rate combined) of County Tyrone for the standard year on which is based the agricultural grant; can he also give the amount of consolidated rates for the financial year now closing 1901–2; and will the adoption of half-yearly payments by the Tyrone County Council entitle that body to a re-adjustment of its officials' salaries to the figures at which they stood before the Local Government Board had them increased.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe total amount of county cess and poor rate struck in the standard year in County Tyrone (irrespective of excluded charges) on which the grant is based is £67,804. The amount of the consolidated rates in the county for the year 1901–2, including the poor rate in urban districts, but irrespective of excluded charges, is £62,118. Whether the proposed change in the time of payment will affect official salaries must depend on the facts of each particular case. No general answer can be given.