§ MR. DOOGAN (Tyrone, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many extra police were required at the local election of 1902 when the polling booth was at Brackaville, Coalisland; how many extra police were on duty at the recent election of 1905, when the Brackaville booth had been transferred by the returning officer to New Mills; can he state the difference in cost in the two elections and how it 736 will be charged; and also the number of extra police on duty in Coalisland on the 1st instant, the necessity for such a draft, and its cost.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) No extra police were employed in 1902 in connection with these elections; in 1905 thirty-five extra men were employed. The cost of the extra police chargeable to the Dungannon rural district is approximately £5 10s.