§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that on 18th March the Ballina Board of 224 Guardians passed a boycotting resolution in reference to the tenants upon the Crannagh farm, and that on 1st April the same body made it a condition of the appointment of Dr. Isaac Clarke as temporary medical officer to the local dispensary district that he should use his influence to induce his uncle to relinquish his tenancy of the Crannagh farm; and whether he proposes to take any action in reference to this matter.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe guardian's minutes of 18th March do not contain any resolution of the nature referred to in the Question, and I have no information that any such resolution was passed. The Local Government Board have no official knowledge that the condition alluded to was made by the guardians when appointing Dr. Clarke. The question of sanctioning Dr. Clarke's appointment is at present under the consideration of the Local Government Board.