§ Mr. LUNDONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of cattle-maiming cases brought to the notice of the authorities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, respectively, during the years 1909, 1910, and 1911?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe offence of killing and maiming cattle is not shown separately in the Scottish Criminal Statistics, and no figures are yet available for England and Wales and Ireland for 1911. The number of offences of killing, maiming, or wounding cattle (Section 40 of the Malicious Injuries to Property Act, 1861) in England, Wales, and Ireland, respectively, in 1909, was: Twenty-five, two, and eighty-three; and in 1910, eighteen, four, and ninety-one.