§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he can state the number of military superintendents in the Ordnance Survey, Ireland, that have been deprived of the charge of sections during the past twelve months; and if he can state the number of confidential reports made by each of such superintendents for the previous six months respecting the civilian employees under their charge.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) Two military superintendents of field parties in Ireland were deprived of their charge for inefficiency during the last twelve months. One of them had no civil employees under his charge during the previous six months, and the other made only one confidential report during that period.