§ MR. PATRICK M'HUGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether Mr. Mallon, a prominent official of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, is allowed £95 per annum for the keep of a horse and groom, as laid down at page 73 of the Dublin Police Code; (2) whether the duties of such official's position necessitate the expenditure of this sum; and (3), whether he is aware that the same official dispensed with the use of a horse last year although in receipt of the allowance referred to?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe reply to the first and second paragraphs is in the affirmative. It is not the fact, as alleged in the third paragraph, that Mr. Mallon dispensed with a horse last year although in receipt of the allowance referred to.