§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the cost of administration of the Public Loan Fund Board of Ireland is derived wholly or in part from the profits derived from the compulsory purchase of stationery by local loan fund societies from the Loan Fund Office in Dublin Castle; and, if so, will the Government take the necessary steps to abolish this monopoly and to defray the cost of administration of the Public Loan Fund Board out of the Imperial Treasury.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe expenses of administration of this Board are derived in part from the sale of promissory note and debenture forms, under the authority of 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 91, Sec. 46, and 35 and 36 Vic., cap. 17, Sec. 2. The Government are in no way responsible for the administration of the Loan Fund Board. The reply to the second inquiry is in the negative.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs not the purchase of the stationery compulsory under the statute?
§ MR. WALTER LONGI ought to have notice of that Question. I can only give the facts as they reach me.