§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord 576 Lieutenant of Ireland whether in view of the fact that the number of police at present stationed in the County Sligo does not exceed the number usually allocated to that county, he will reconsider the question of the chargeability of extra police to particular districts, with the view of affording relief to the ratepayers of such districts.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe fact is not as stated. The number of police at present stationed in the county is forty-three in excess of the full quota, and this excess represents the extra force chargeable. The question of withdrawing twenty-nine of these men is now under consideration.