§ DR. LYONSasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether intemperance, as shown by the official returns, has largely decreased in the Dublin Metropolitan district, and in the cities of Cork, Limerick, and Water-ford, and the town of Belfast, since the passing of the Irish Sunday Closing Act in 1878, and whether these are all the places exempted under the said Act; whether during the same period the arrests for drunkenness and for drunkenness and disorderly conduct have increased in King's County and in 1014 Queen's County, and in the counties of Longford, Louth, Galway, Leitrim, and Sligo, and the towns of Galway and Carrickfergus, and whether all these places are under the Sunday Closing Act; whether the Criminal and Judicial Statistics of Ireland, printed by Alexander Thorn, Abbey Street, Dublin, have been compiled and published by authority of the Government; that in the province of Ulster arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct had increased by twenty-eight per cent. in Armagh county, had increased by thirty-four per cent. in Donegal county, had increased by sixty per cent. in Down county, had increased by thirty per cent. in Fermanagh county, had increased by thirty-six per cent. in Monaghan county, and had increased by thirty-four per cent. in Tyrone county; that in the province of Connaught arrests for drunkenness and for drunkenness and disorderly conduct had increased by thirty-five per cent. in the county of Galway, and by fifty-five per cent. in the town of Galway, had increased by fifty-eight per cent. in Leitrim county, had increased by 60 per cent. in Roscommon county, and had increased by eighty per cent. in Sligo county; whether he can lay before the House any later and more satisfactory information relating to intemperance in Ireland; and, whether he will move for a Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 118, obtained last Session on his Motion, giving the arrests for drunkenness and drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Ireland for the year 1883?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Criminal and Judicial Statistics, which are printed by Mr. Thom, have been compiled and published on the authority of the Government. I obtained, last night, leave to lay on the Table a Return in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 118. With regard to the rest of my hon. Friend's Question, I must respectfully repeat what I said in answer to a Question last year from another hon. Member. It is throwing too much on a Minister to ask him to check the accuracy of calculations made from Returns, which are open to everyone. I cannot help hoping that, if he examines the Question List of this week and next, my hon. Friend will acknowledge this himself.