§ MR. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board can state the total amount surcharged by their auditors on members of county councils, urban councils, rural district councils, and Poor Law boards from the 31st March, 1899, to 31st March, 1904; how much of this total was remitted by the Local Government Board on appeal to them; and how much was recovered from the parties surcharged.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThis information would have to be obtained from the officials of the local bodies named. Its preparation would entail a considerable expenditure of labour, and I do not think, as at present advised, that the results would be commensurate with the labour