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WAEEANT OF APPOINTMENT.
BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND GENERAL
GOVERNOR OF IRELAND.
LONDONDERRY.
Whereas it appears tmto us expedient that an inquiry should be held
into the financial condition of the following Unions which were the Unions
named in the Schedule to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1886, BelmuUet,
Clifden, Galway, Oughterard, Swineford, Westport.
Now, we, Charles Stewart Marquess of Londondeert, Lord Lieutenant
General and General Governor of Ireland, do hereby nominate and appoint
you, Cheistophee Talbot Redington, and Henet A. Robinson, both of you
being duly appointed Inspectors under the Local Government Board for
Ireland, to be our Commissioners, to proceed with the utmost despatch to
inquire into and investigate, and report fully on the following subjects :—
1. The expenditure and number of persons relieved under the Poor Relief
(Ireland) Act, 1886, in each of the said Unions, and the manner in which such
relief has been administered, and the necessity for the expenditure which has
been incurred.
2. The liabilities of each Union on the 29th of September, 1886, distinguish¬
ing the debts incurred for ordinary expenditure from those due in respect of
exceptional out-door relief. '
3. The rate that would be required in each Electoral Division in each of the
Unions to meet the whole of the liabilities referred to above ; and to provide
for expenditure during the year ending the 29th September, 1887.
4. To what extent can rates be levied in each of the Unions and Electoral
Divisions to provide for the liabilities and expenditure referred to in Clause 3.
5. What was the amount of the rates collected in each Electoral Division
during the year ended the 29th September, 1886. What is the class of rate-
payers from whom arrears are due; what is the cause of non-collection in any
District in which there may be large arrears outstanding; what efforts have
been made to recover such arrears ; and what further measures, if any, could
be taken for that purpose with reasonable probability of success.
6. Whether, with respect to the execution of the Poor Law, Medical
Charities, Public Health, and other Acts, in ordinary years, the workhouse
test is properly applied, and due regard paid to economy in the administration
of the law; and whether rates can be levied to meet the necessary annual
expenditure, without unduly taxing the ratepayers.
7. Whether, if the resources of any of these Unions are insuflScient for the
•proper administration of the laws above referred to, the taxation of the rate
