§ MR. COGAN (Wicklow, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieu- 987 tenant of Ireland whether he will make arrangements with the Treasury to secure that whatever balance remains of the Poyal Irish Constabulary Force Fund, when is it being wound up, will be placed to the credit of the Irish Development Grant Fund.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am afraid that the suggestion in the Question is impracticable. If the hon. Member will refer to Parliamentary Paper, No. 118, of Session 1891, he will see that, as the Constabulary Force Fund was then hopelessly insolvent, the Exchequer came to its aid with an advance of £150, 000, and it was a condition of the advance that any surplus which might remain to the credit of the fund, after the discharge of the liabilities already incurred should be returned to the Exchequer.