§ MR. WALTER LONGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware 1263 that it was proposed by the late Government, so soon as the opportunity presented itself, to amalgamate the In spectorship of Reformatory and Industrial Schools with one of the Commissioner-ships of the Prisons Board; whether the opportunity has yet arisen; if so, what steps have been taken for carrying out the proposed arrangement; and what is the resultant saving to the Exchequer.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLThee is no official record of any proposal by the late Government to amalgamate the offices named in the Question. But when the Medical Commissionership of the Prisons Board became vacant on 1st September, 1906, His Majesty's present Government decided to fill the vacancy by appointing thereto the Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, the two offices to be held jointly. The saving to the Exchequer as the result of this arrangement amounts to £550 per annum.