§ MR. FLAVIN (Kerry, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that Michael Cronin, of Finuge, Listowel, has applied for and was refused a gun licence; and, seeing that Michael Cronin is a man of high character and respectability, whether he will state on what grounds or for what reason his application was refused.
§ (Answered, by Mr. Bryce.) The discretion of issuing arms licences is vested in the resident magistrate of the district, 1490 and it would be quite contrary to practice to state the grounds which influence a resident magistrate in the exercise of that discretion.