§ MR. ALEXANDER BLAINE (Armagh, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Sergeant Finlay, county inspector's clerk at Cavan, has relations in Ralahan, Bailieborough, and Lisball, in county Cavan; and, if such be the fact, whether it be in accordance with the constabulary rules that Sergeant Finlay be stationed in the same county?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne), in reply, said, Sergeant Finlay, who was stationed at Cavan, had an aunt residing at Ralahan, 20 miles off, and cousins at the other two places named, 25 miles distant. There was a rule of the Service that men should not be located in their native counties or in counties with which they were connected. This rule was relaxed in some cases where, as in the present, no inconvenience was likely to arise.