§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)To ask Mr. Attorney - General for Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the law proceedings at Gort, when Mr. F. Persse, J.P., was prosecuted for unlawfully discharging firearms on the public road; under what Act was the charge brought; and will he state why Mr. Brady, R.M., contrary to the expressed opinion of his brother magistrate who assisted on the occasion, marked the case dismissed, instead of, as is usual in all such cases, adjourned to next petty sessions.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) The proceedings against Mr. F. Persse, J.P., were brought by the police under the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act,
| Year. | Council Schools. | Voluntary Schools. | Total. | |||
| Accommodation. | Average attendance. | Accommodation. | Average attendance. | Accommodation. | Average attendance. | |
| 1904–5 | 7,605 | 4,740 | 37,878 | 27,354 | 45,483 | 32,094 |
| 1905–6 | 7,887 | 5,891 | 37,831 | 26,959 | 45,718 | 32,850 |
| 1906–7 | 7,987 | 5,873 | 38,100 | 27,120 | 46,087 | 32,993 |