§ MR. WALTER LONG (Dublin, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will give in tabular form a list of the counties which. 1229 have been declared within the past twelve months, by proclamation issued pursuant to Section 13 of 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 13, to be in a state of disturbance requiring additional forces of police, with the dates of the proclamations, the authorised free quota of police, the strength of the additional forces at
| Proclaimed counties. | Date of proclamation. | Free quota. | Additional forces now serving. | Date of withdrawal of previous similar proclamations. | |
| Head constables. | Sergeants and Constables. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Clare | 27th Aug. 1907 | 367 | 1 | 71 | * |
| Galway, East Riding | 27th Aug. 1907 | 313 | 2 | 191 | * |
| Galway, West Riding | 303 | — | 116 | ||
| King's | 27th Aug. 1907 | 164 | — | 24 | 26th Sept. 1884 |
| Leitrim | 27th Aug. 1907 | 147 | — | 19 | 10th Aug. 1892 |
| Longford | 27th Aug. 1907 | 110 | — | 21 | 4th Feb. 1890 |
| Roscommon | 27th Aug. 1907 | 256 | 2 | 105 | 30th Sept 1893 |
| Sligo | 12th June 1908 | 206 | — | 30 | 10th Aug. 1892 |
| Westmeath | 12th June 1908 | 190 | — | 45 | 10th Aug. 1892 |
| * The proclamations of Clare and Galway were not formally withdrawn, but the additional police were removed from these counties in 1899 and 1898 respectively, and the proclamations thereby became spent and inoperative. |