§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)To ask the Chief Secretary to 1244 the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, if he will state what was the gross amount of licence duties paid in the Dublin Metropolitan Police district for the current year for licences for hackney cars and cabs, for trams, for stage coaches, job carriages and horses of same, for drivers and conductors, the amount paid in respect of each class, and the funds to which such licence duties are applied.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The proceeds of the Carriage Revenue, applied in aid of the expenses of the Dublin Metropolitan Police establishment, amounted to £3,640 7s. 6d. in the year ended 31st December, 1903. The receipts under each heading were as follows: —Stage carriages, £1,040; job carriages (two-horse), £460; job carriages (one-horse), £132 10s.; job horses, £20; hackney carriages, £1,077; cabriolets, £673; supplemental licences, £115s.; transfers of licences, £10 10s.; Dublin plates, £11 2s.; drivers' and conductors' licences, £214 10s. 6d.; Total, £3,640 7s. 6d.