§ MR. W. J. CORBET (Wicklow, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he will grant a Return of the number of persons charged with offences under the Cattle Diseases Acts during the 12 months ending July 31, 1888, showing the names of the persons charged; the nature of the alleged offences; the counties in which they occurred; the decision of the Court in each case; and the names of the magistrates who adjudicated thereon?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, he found that the preparation of a Return of the nature suggested would involve obtaining Reports from each of upwards of 600 Petty Sessions Clerks, while, apparently, the object of the Return was mainly to further an attack which was recently made on the decisions come to by a particular magistrate in the execution of a particular discretion conferred by statute. He, therefore, did not consider it a Return which the Government could consent to give.