§ MR. BARRIE (Londonderry, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the number of agrarian outrages reported to the Inspector-General in the years 1906 and 1907, and in the period of ten months ended 31st October, 1908.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe number of agrarian offences reported was:—234 in 1906, 372 in 1907, and 489 in the ten months ended 31st October, 1908.
§ MR. BARRIEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of persons who were arrested for agrarian offences during the past twelve months, and brought before a single resident magistrate out of petty sessions with a view to their being bound over to future 408 good behaviour under the Act of Edward III.
§ MR. BIRRELLIt would not be possible to give this information without making inquiries in every petty sessions district throughout the country, and this would take some time.