§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that Mr. Charles Burke, of Ballinamore, county Galway, has been refused a, gun licence by Mr. 533 Paul, R.M., although the local magistrate and police constable were favourable to his application; whether the grounds of refusal were that he had not a letter of recommendation from his landlord or land agent; and, whether it is a fact that Mr. Burke, under previous Acts, had always been granted a licence?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERSir, with regard to this matter, the officer for granting licences to carry arms in this district, in the exercise of discretion vested in him by law, had refused the application made to him by Mr. Burke. He understood that Mr. Burke had a licence under the recent Act; but the local constabulary objected to his having the licence now.