§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it forms part of the duty of the police, as conservators of the peace, to keep under observation the proceedings of branches of the United Irish League that have been engaged from time to time in passing intimidatory and boycotting resolutions which were subsequently published in the local newspapers; whether the reports of the police in connection with such proceedings are duly filed and placed on official record at county headquarters; and whether, having regard to the fact that the frequency of publication of such resolutions and the injurious results following their publication have led the Executive to address warnings to the proprietors of these newspapers, he will now consent to ascertain from the county inspectors of Leitrim, Longford, Galway, Roscommon, Clare, and Westmeath, as has already been done in the case of Sligo, the number of branches of the League that have been active in passing resolutions of this character during the past twelve months.
§ MR. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to a similar Question asked by him on 26th November.