Captain CRAIGasked the right hon. Gentleman to state from the returns of deaths furnished quarterly to the Registrar-General the number arising from the use of firearms in the quarterly periods of 1909 and 1910?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe total number of deaths registered in Ireland in 1909 as. having been caused by firearms was forty-seven. Of these twenty-eight are classified as accidental, sixteen as suicidal, and three as homicidal. The figures for 1910 are not available, as the returns have not been tabulated.