§ MR. MACVEAGHTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the numbers of the different religious denominations in the police force in county Antrim; how many have been promoted from the seniority list since the appointment of County Inspector Reeve, and to what religious denominations they belong; and how many have been promoted by competitive examination from the P list during the same period, 155 and to what religious denomination they belong.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Inspector-General that there are at present 126 Protestants and 112 Roman Catholics in the county Antrim force. Since the appointment of County Inspector Reeves to take charge of the county there have been twenty promotions from the seniority list, and of this number fourteen were Protestants and six Catholics. In the same period seven men were promoted from the P list by competitive examination, of whom two were Protestants and five Catholics.