§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board can state, from the Minutes of Proceedings in their possession, the total amounts surcharged by their auditors on members of county councils, rural district councils, and Poor Law boards during the six months ended the 31st March last; the proportion of that total remitted by the Board on appeal; and the proportion levied off the parties surcharged.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe total amount of the surcharges in the period stated was about £770, of which 64 per cent. was remitted or discharged, and about 34 per cent. levied off the parties. In the remaining cases appeals are under consideration.