§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state on what grounds the Local Government Board sanction the payment to a medical locum tenens of £4 per week, which falls upon the local rates, while they refuse their sanction to a salary to a dispensary medical officer of £200 a year, half of which is paid by the Treasury; and what steps will be taken to remedy this inequality.
§ MR. WYNDHAMNo proper analogy can be drawn between the remuneration paid to a dispensary medical officer, permanently located in a district, and to his locum tenens, who may be employed for a week or two only. The question of the determination of the respective emoluments of a principal and of his temporary substitute is governed by different considerations in each case.