§ MR. MANDEVILLEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the number of extra police in the county Tipperary, and what is the amount of the annual charge for them upon the county funds; whether there is anything exceptional in the condition of the county in respect agrarian or ordinary crime; and when it may be expected that the extra charge for police in the county Tipperary will cease?
*MR. JOHN MORLEYThe extra police in the county Tipperary at present numbers 30 men, who are all stationed in the South Riding alone, and the annual charge to the county in respect of this force is about £1,000 per annum, or slightly over one halfpenny in the pound at the valuation of the Riding. The county, at the present time, is in a most peaceable condition. Since August last the extra force has been reduced from 60 to 30 men, and this was only accomplished by breaking up several police stations, to which considerable local opposition was given. The Inspector General informs me that, having regard to the police necessities of the Riding, it is not, at present, possible to dispense with any more stations.