§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork Co., N. E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can explain why the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland have refused to take any steps to obtain from the trustees of the estate of the late James Murphy a sum of £50, demised in 1895 to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Michelstown, although the Commissioners have been furnished with the information they required and sufficient assets are available; and, if not, if he will inquire into this matter.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) I have referred this matter to the Commissioners, who inform me that they did not consider the case was one calling for their intervention. I may add that the Government has no authority to question the action of the Commissioners.