§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the average annual amount for the last ten years paid out of the Vote for Stationery and Printing for the supply of various Irish offices in Dublin; the names of the contractors who furnished this supply; and (he amounts paid to each.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The average annual amount is £40,379. The following are among the most important firms who have during the ten years either executed work or furnished supplies for Irish offices:—A. Thom and Co.; Cahill and Co.; Browne and Nolan; J. Falconer; Hely's, Limited; A. Armstrong and Co.; Hodges, Figgis, and Co.; E. Ponsonby; J. Duffy and Co.; Mrs. Davidson; J. McDonnel and Co.; all of Dublin; W. and G. Baird, of Belfast; Quinnell and Sons, of Tralee. A complete list of all contractors from whom supplies have been received, for Irish as distinguished from other services, could not be given, even for one year, without considerable labour. The average amount 1288 paid to each for the ten years could not now be exactly ascertained, the records of detail for the earlier years being no longer in existence.