§ MR. J. DEVLIN (Belfast, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he could state the number of prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, that have taken place in Belfast during the first quarter of the present year, and in how many of the cases convictions have been secured; and whether he could state the number of inspectors under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts employed in Belfast.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I am informed that twenty-five prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act took place in Belfast during the first quarter of the present year, and convictions resulted in all cases. There are two inspectors under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act in Belfast.