§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the 147 number of outrages recorded as non-agrarian in which firearms were used during the three months ended 31st March, 30th June, and 30th September, 1906, and the past two quarters of the present year.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe figures for the quarters ending on the dates named are as follows:— 31st March, 1906, thirteen cases; 30th Juno, 1906, ten cases; 30th September, 1906, nine cases; 31st March, 1907, eleven cases; 30th June, 1907, ten cases.
§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will give the designations of the outrages recorded as agrarian in which firearms were used during the three months ended 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 31st December, 1906, and the past two quarters of the present year, distinguishing the counties and districts in which such outrages were committed.
§ MR. BIRRELLI will furnish with to-night's Votes a tabular statement giving the information asked for. †