§ MR. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the amount paid in Granard Union to the contractor for printing and advertising for the year ended 31st March last; and the amount at which the contractor has obtained the printing and advertising contract this year; and whether, seeing the lowest tender was not accepted for this work in March, 1902, he will state whether the auditor has surcharged the difference between the highest and lowest tender to the parties responsible; and if so, what steps he proposes to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The amount paid in respect of the contract for printing books and forms for the past year was £50, and for advertising £6 12s. For the current year the amount of the contract for printing and advertising is 1107 £27 10s. The audit for the half year ended September last has not yet taken place. It will be open to any person interested to appear before the auditor on the occasion of the audit and lodge an objection to any item to which he takes exception.