§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of 853 Ireland whether he can state what was the total cost of the extra police in the Tallow district, County Waterford, during the last twelve months; to what area has it been charged; and how much of it has been already levied on the ratepayers.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe area of charge comprises seventy townlands. The cost to local rates in respect of the extra force sent to the district in August, 1901, is £345 a year. A claim for £39 16s. 9d. has already been made; a further claim will shortly be made. There will also be a levy on account of fifty men sent to Tallow last week from another county.