§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will explain why Pat Cournane, Castlemaine, County Kerry, has been refused a licence for a gun by the resident magistrate; and will he take steps to secure 411 that resident magistrates shall not withhold gun licences without reasonable cause.
§ MR. WYNDHAMOn the 7th May I explained to the hon. Member the reasons which induced the resident magistrate to withhold a gun licence in this instance.† The suggestion at the end of the Question indicates the existing practice. Of 6,708 applications for arms licences throughout Ireland in 1902, only 619, or 9 per cent., were refused.