§ MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, after the passing of the Arms Act in Ireland in 1881, a gun was taken from a man called M'Swiney, of Carrickshannon House, Falcaragh, County Donegal; whether the gun was duly registered under the provisions of the Arms Act; if he can state where the gun is now; and, if the owner, who has now left Ireland, can have it on application?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester. E.), in reply, said, the answer to the first part of the Question was "Yes." Ambrose M'Swiney was brought before a magistrate for carrying a gun in a proclaimed district without a licence, and the gun was forfeited. His father had a licence for a gun on his farm. The gun, being forfeited, could not now be returned.
§ MR. COX (Clare, E.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that Ambrose M'Swiney referred to is only a child nine years old?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am not aware.