§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. Francis Egan, of Elfeet Burke, parish of Newtowncashel, county Longford, ap- 1500 plied on three occasions for a gun licence to enable him to keep a gun for the destruction of vermin on his farm; that four local magistrates and the police were in favour of his application, but that Mr. J. M. Kilkelly, the resident magistrate, refused this reasonable request, and continues to refuse it; and whether, in view of the fact that Mr. Egan has recently been elected a county councillor for Longford, and is a man of unblemished character, he will recommend the Lord Lieutenant to issue a licence to him.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURI have made inquiry into this matter and, so far as I can gather, the facts are not quite as represented in the question. Licences to keep firearms are riot issued by the Lord Lieutenant, but I would suggest that if Mr. Egan were to renew his application for a licence the licensing officer would perhaps further consider it.