§ MR. MOLLOYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it be true that the Land Commission has ordered that all cases arising in the King's County be heard at Tullamore on the 8th of May; whether, owing to the long distances, in some cases about fifty miles, that will have to be travelled by the poor tenants and their witnesses, living in distant parts of the county, in order to bring their cases before the Commissioners sitting at Tullamore, this decision will not prevent these tenants seeking the benefits of the Land Act; whether he will ask the Land Commission to sit not only at Tullamore, but at Birr and Edenderry, or other convenient places; and, if not, whether any other arrangements can be made to bring the benefits of the Land Act within the reach of the poorer tenants of the King's County?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the Land Commissioners inform me that, in arranging the new Circuits, considering that there were only about 40 cases remaining for hearing in the King's County, they allotted but one week for that county, and fixed upon Tullamore as the place where the Court should be opened. The Sub-Commission has power to adjourn to any other town within the county to meet the convenience of the parties interested.