§ MR. CLANCYI beg further to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the number of Catholics and the number of non-Catholics who were in ^he Commission of the Peace for the County of Dublin on the 31st August. 1886, and 1111 the number of Catholics and the number of non-Catholics appointed Magistrates for that county since that date?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am informed that no official record is kept of the religion of Magistrates; but according to the Return presented to Parliament on August 27, 1886, the number of Magistrates in the County of Dublin was stated to be 339, of whom 106 were believed to be Roman Catholics, 230 to belong to other denominations, and the religion of three was unknown. Since then 53 ordinary Magistrates (not including the military officers placed temporarily in the Commission for military purposes) have been appointed for the County of Dublin, of whom eight are believed to be Roman Catholics, and the remaining 45 to belong to other denominations.