§ Mr. JEREMIAH MacVEAGHasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state the total number of indictments presented at the last assizes for the 32 counties of Ireland, exclusive of the cities of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Derry; the average number for every county; the average number for each million of the population; and the total number for each province?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)The number of in- 1660 dictments at Spring Assizes for 31 counties in Ireland and at the February Commission for the county of Dublin was 224, or an average of seven per county and 60 per million of the population. These figures are exclusive of the cities of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Londonderry. The number of indictments for each province, exclusive of these cities, was as follows: Leinster, 56; Ulster, 57; Munster, 57; Connaught, 54.