§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether any new regulation has recently been issued to vendors of explosives to refuse to sell powder to road contractors for blasting purposes unless the person applying has procured a red license; and whether, seeing that it was the custom formerty to give powder on any magistrate's order, this regulation can be withdrawn and the former state of things reverted to.
§ MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. G. W. BALFOUR)No new regulation has been issued of the nature mentioned in the question.