§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of first-class clerks, higher-grade clerks, abstractors, and other clerks employed in the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, the Board of Works, the Local Government Board, Valuation Office, and Registry of Deeds, respectively, and the proportion of higher appointments and staff officerships in each of these Departments as compared with the whole clerical staff employed.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I must refer the hon. Member to the Estimates for the current year, which give the particulars asked for.