§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether, seeing that the last Quarterly Return of 210 Agrarian Outrages in Ireland shows that no offence was committed in Queen's County during the three months preceding the 30th June last, that the Return for the quarter ending 31st March, 1902, shows a similar blank, and that the Chairman of the County Council and other local magistrates have protested against the proclamation of the county under The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, he proposes to recommend the withdrawal of the proclamation of the county.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) There have been five agrarian outrages in the Queen's County since the 30th June, namely, two cases of injury to cattle and one of injury to property in July, one injury to property in August, and a threatening notice in October. It is not at present proposed to withdraw the proclamation.