§ COLONEL WARING (Down, N.)In the absence of the hon. Member for South Antrim, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many outrages have been recorded by the Constabulary in Ireland, under the headings intimidation, agrarian and non-agrarian, respectively, between 1st January and 30th June, 1893, and in how many of such cases were firearms used?
MR. J. MORLEYThere were 16 agrarian and 19 non-agrarian outrages recorded under the heading "Intimidation" in the past six months, and of these firearms were used in 6 agrarian and 11 non-agrarian cases. For the six months ended June 30, 1892, there were 13 agrarian and 7 non-agrarian cases of intimidation, and of these firearms were used in 6 agrarian and 4 non-agrarian eases. For the six months ended June 30, 1891, there were 18 agrarian and 19 non-agrarian cases of intimidation, and of these firearms were used in 11 agrarian and 11 non-agrarian cases.