§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has the number of constabulary considered by the Lord-Lieutenant (by Order in Council of May 19th, 1903) to be requited for the King"s County and the county of Sligo respectively, been reduced; and what is the present number in each of these counties.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe numbers of the Free Force assigned to King"s County and Sligo by the Order in Council of May, 1903, were 202 and 211 respectively. These numbers have not been varied. The actual strength of the Free Force on January 31st was 176 in King"s County and 197 in Sligo.