§ MR. DELANY (Queen's Co., Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he will state what is the population of the Mountmellick police district, the number of townlands to be patrolled, and the number of police barracks and men of all grades allocated to the district.
(Answer.) The population is 4,155. The number of townlands patrolled is thirty-six, having an area of about twenty-six square miles. There is one police barrack in the sub-district, with a force of eight men.—(Irish Office.)