MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How many police protection huts there are upon the Kerry estate of the Earl of Kenmare, and how many vacant evicted farms are under their protection; what outrages have been committed within the past three months in the parish of Molahiffe, in which the extra police tax is at the rate of two shillings in the pound; and, whether a sub-agent of the Earl of Kenmare and a constable on protection duty have not been returned for trial to the Kerry Spring Assizes, charged with one of the offences imputed to the district?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, there is one protection hut on Lord Kenmare's Kerry estate, and there are four evicted farms under the protection of four protection posts. There have been six outrages in the parish of Molahiffe during the past three months—all intimidation. No sub-agent or policeman has been returned for trial for one of the offences imputed to the district, but for a simple case of alleged forcible possession of a quarry in which a question of title arose.