§ MR. O'MARAI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the Licensed Premises (St. Patrick's Day) (Ireland) Bill now before Parliament, he will take steps to ascertain the percentage of public houses closed wholly or partially on the 17th March next in the following police districts: Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Londonderry, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, and Kilkenny.
MR. BRYCEI presume that the police will be in a position to report on this matter, as they did last year, and I shall have no objection to make known the result.