§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the strength at which the Royal Irish Constabulary has been maintained annually in the county of Roscommon from 1899 to 1901.
(Answered, by Mr. Walter Long.) The average actual strength of the free force in the county for the years specified was as follows:—
| Year. | Free Force. |
| 1899 | 287 |
| 1900 | 299 |
| 1901 | 297 |
| 1902 | 313 |
| 1903 | 304 |
| 1904 | 291 |