§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the cost of extra police in connection with the agitation on the De Freyne estate, the amount of the demand for extra police to the Roscommon County Council, and the area on which it will be levied.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe cost of the extra force of police employed in connection with this and neighbouring estates amounts to about £1,200 per annum. For the period from December, 1901, when the force was sent, to the 30th September last, the charge to local rates is £499 4s. 10d., which will be levied off 28 a district comprising 114 townlands and the towns of Ballaghadereen and Loughglynn.