§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork County, N.E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state whether the stoppages made from the pensions of naval and military inmates of Irish district lunatic asylums, on account of the rate in aid of 4s. per head per week allowed for patients confined therein, are refunded to the Treasury or to the Irish Local Taxation Account, from which latter account the rate in aid is now provided.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HOBHOUSE,) Bristol, E.These deductions are retained by 1238 the Paymaster-General, and consequently accrue for the benefit of the Exchequer.