§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLTo ask the First Lord of the Treasury by whom is the appointment to the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland made; is it held under Letters Patent or otherwise; and what is the nature of its tenure.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe appointment is made by the Crown by Letters Patent.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs it not Practically made by the Lord-Lieutenant Secretary to the by Letters Patent?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI quite admit I have made no independent research, but I am informed that the matter is as I have stated.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs not the appointment made by the Lord-Lieutenant as representing the Crown?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI should imagine it is made by the Crown and not by the Lord-Lieutenant.