§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if, having regard to the common requirement of specific knowledge for service in State Departments in Great Britain, and the result of this requirement, he will consider the advisability of introducing the same principle into Ireland, beginning with the departments engaged in fixing rents and prices of land, and requiring some practical experience as rent-paying farmers as an essential qualification of all candidates for the positions of lay sub - commissioner, land valuer, and inspector for the Estates Commissioners respectively.
MR. BRYCEThe qualifications required are prescribed in the Statutory Rules of 13th March, 1899. Practical experience of the value of land is one of those qualifications, and a most important one, but I should be sorry to limit the range of choice so long as ample evidence of practical capacity is furnished.