§ MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will ascertain from the audited accounts of the Mullingar District Lunatic Asylum, and state the total cost of that institution each year during the last twenty-five years, divided into establishment expenditure, such as permanent buildings, cost of repairs and maintenance, cost of upkeep, and law costs, if any; the amount received in each of those years from the Treasury, from each of the contributory counties, and from other sources; and the amount of debt now 641 on the asylum and the rate at which it is arranged to be paid off.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I have given directions for the preparation of the Return asked for by the hon. Member. It is not desirable to encumber the records of Parliament with such a lengthy Return, but the information will be forwarded to the hon. Member when received.