§ MR. HUGH LAWTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say why the Lord Chancellor has refused to refund to the guardians of the Dunfanaghy union the fee paid by them to the medical officer who certified on the occasion of the committal of Mrs. Grace Ronayne to Letterkenny Asylum on the 30th November, 1904, although he has promised to pay for her maintenance in the asylum.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Registrar in Lunacy in Ireland that, as the fee of the medical officer in this case is not recoverable by law, the Lord Chancellor has no power to authorise payment.