§ MR. LEWISasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether the charge for expenses of extra police drafted into the county of Londonderry for the county election of 1880 has not been demanded 1889 of the Corporation of the City of Derry; whether such an assessment of the expense connected with the county on the city (which is a distinct constituency of itself) is in accordance with the law; and, whether the charge of any portion of such expenses on the respective constituencies is directly authorised by law or rests merely on usage?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)Sir, the expenses of extra police drafted into the county of Londonderry for the county election of 1880 have been duly charged on the county, and have not been demanded from the corporation of the city. The charge is made without any reference to constituencies, and is in accordance with law.