§ MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the fact that the audit of all Irish Public Accounts is mainly carried on in the Audit Office, London, although Devonport Dockyard Accounts are audited in Devonport by a permanent staff; and whether, with a view to economy and efficiency, he will consider the advisability of applying the same system to the general audit of Irish Public Accounts and provide accommodation for a permanent staff in the new Government buildings about to be erected in Dublin.
§ MR. ELLIOTPortions of the Irish accounts, such as Public Education and Post Office accounts, are periodically examined in Dublin to avoid the inconvenience of forwarding the local records from Ireland. But it has been found to be more convenient that the ordinary accounts of receipts and expenditure of Irish Departments should be audited in London.