§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether a barrack of five policemen was established in a wing of the Magheraroarty Coastguard Station in June, 1888; whether the chief occupation of the men in this station has been to patrol around Meenlaragh Bog, and take down names of tenants of Innisboffin when handling their turf on the said bog, which is within one mile of Meenacladdy Barrack; whether he is aware that Magheraroarty Coastguard Station, where second barrack was established, is within two miles of Meenacladdy Barrack; can he state at whose instigation and recommendation the Meenacladdy Barrack was established about two years ago; whether the barrack in the Coastguard Station was also established on the same recommendation; what are, and have been, 633 the duties of the police in both barracks; and, whether the district has been uniformly peaceful?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Constabulary authorities report that a party of one sergeant and four constables was established at Innisboffin Coastguard Station in a vacant house. One of the duties was to patrol the bog, which, however, is three miles distant from Meenacladdy Barrack, and to see whether persons interfered with it. As regards paragraph, three, the Coastguard Station is three-and-a-half miles distant from the barrack. Meenacladdy Barracks was established on the recommendation of the County Inspector. The barrack at the Coastguard Station was not established on the same recommendation, but on the recommendation of the acting Divisional Magistrate. The duty of the police was to look after the peace of the locality generally. Meenacladdy is a permanent barrack, and the police stationed there carry out the ordinary police duties of the sub-district. The district has not been uniformly peaceful.