§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the number of agrarian outrages reported to the Inspector-General of Constabulary in the years 1906 and 1907, and in the period of eleven months ended 30th November, 1908.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The number of agrarian offences reported was: 234 in 1906; 372 in 1907; and 537 in the eleven months ended 30th November, 1908.
§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the number of crimes classified as agrarian and non-agrarian respectively, under each of the headings firing at the person and firing into dwellings, for the period of eleven months ended 30th November, 1908.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) During the eleven months ended 30th November last the number of crimes classified as agrarian and non-agrarian under each of the headings mentioned were as follows: Firing at the person, agrarian 14, non-agrarian, 26; firing into dwellings, agrarian 61, non-agrarian 20.