§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board for Ireland has power to require county and rural district councils to keep complete sets of documents of permanent use and interest, such as the Returns of Advances now being issued by the Land Commission; if not, whether the advisability of keeping them will be suggested to those local bodies; and whether sets of those Returns will be supplied gratis to local bodies desiring to keep them.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Local Government Board have no power to require local authorities to keep complete sets of such documents, and they feel some diffidence in making recommendations which would impose additional expense on the rates. The Answer to the last part of the Question is in the negative.