§ MR. HEALYsaid, he had intended to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, 1108 Whether he is aware that the greatest local dissatisfaction exists at the decisions given by Messrs. McDevitt, Walpole, and Murphy, on the Kerry and West Cork Sub-Commission; whether it is the fact that the rents which they have fixed as fair rents are in some cases double Griffith's valuation; and, whether he proposes to take any steps to remove this dissatisfaction? Perhaps the Chief Secretary could answer the Question.
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, the Land Commissioners informed him that they had no knowledge of any special dissatisfaction. Seventy-one appeals had been lodged against the decisions of these gentlemen—39 by landlords and the balance by tenants. The Land Commissioners would sit at Killarney shortly for the purpose of hearing those appeals. It was true that the rents fixed in some cases were over Griffith's valuation, and three of those cases had been listed for appeal—two by landlords, and one by the tenant.
§ MR. HEALYsaid, that, in consequence of the answer he had received, he should call attention to the composition and decisions of the Sub-Commissioners for Kerry and West Cork, and move a Resolution.