§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if Dr. Kirwan has been elected medical superintendent of the Ballinasloe Lunatic Asylum by a majority of the joint Galway and Roscommon Committee; and if his appointment to this position has as yet 648 been confirmed by His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The reply to the first inquiry is in the affirmative. The appointment has not yet been confirmed by the Lord-Lieutenant.