§ MR. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland will he explain why the constabulary force at Summerhill, county Meath, has been recently strengthened, seeing that the district in question is in a crimeless and quiet condition?
§ MR. ATKINSONThe police force at Summerhill has been increased by one man, on the recommendation of the local authorities, with a view to the continued maintenance of peace and order in the district. The fact that at any particular moment few crimes have been actually committed in a district is not the only matter to be taken into consideration in the distribution of the police.