§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If there would be any objection to laying upon the Table a Return of offences committed in England during the year 1884, similar to that from time to time made of offences committed in Ireland?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT,in reply, said, he believed the facts would be found in statistics already published. There would be a difficulty in publishing the facts in the same form as the Irish Returns; because in Ireland they were obtained from one authority—the Constabulary—and in England the Police Authorities were independent.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked whether the figures would be prepared so as to he intelligible to the House?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTsaid, he would inquire.