Dr. O'NEILLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how many magistrates there are in the Parliamentary division of South Armagh, and how many of them are Roman Catholics; and how many of the population of the division are Catholic and how many Protestant?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe number of persons in the Parliamentary Division of South Armagh at present holding the ordinary Commission of the Peace is forty-six, of whom nine are believed to be Roman Catholics. According to the Census of 1901, 67 per cent, of the population of the division were Roman Catholic.