§ MR. DELANY (Queen's Co., Ossory)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, seeing that the last quarterly Return of 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 seventeen other local magistrates have protested against the proclamation of the county, he will state upon whose recommendation the county was proclaimed, and when he proposes to withdraw it.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe proclamation was issued by the Executive Government after consultation with the officers locally responsible to Government for the 824 maintenance of the public peace. I stated on Monday last that five agrarian outrages had been committed in the county since 30th June, and that it was not at present proposed to withdraw the proclamation.