§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI beg to ask the Cheif Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give 1328 the number of families and of persons wholly or partially boycotted in the several provinces of Ireland; and how many of such cases are due to agrarian questions.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe figures for the 30th November will not be available for a few days. But on the 31st October there were 42 cases, comprising 243 persons who were totally or partially boycotted throughout Ireland. The distribution, by provinces, was as follows:—Ulster, 2 cases, 4 persons; Leinster, nil; Connaught, 21 cases, 120 persons; Munster, 19 cases, 119 persons. Of these, 40 cases, affecting 229 persons, are due to causes of an agrarian nature. The latter figures include one case (11 persons) of total boycotting in Connaught, and three cases (16 persons) of total boycotting in Munster. In addition, there were, at the end of October, 150 cases of minor boycotting or attempts to boycott. affecting 673 persons. The gross totals on that date were, therefore, 192 cases and 916 persons. On the occasion of a debate in this House, on the 17th April last, I stated that there were, at that date, 318 cases of boycotting, involving some 1,500 persons.