§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What number of the 2,476 cases of eviction which he stated had taken place in the first five months of 1882 were for non-payment of rent; in how many of such cases the Constabulary authorities have reported 1957 their opinion that hardship was caused to the tenant owing to his inability, from poverty caused by bad seasons, to pay the rent due; and, in how many cases non-payment was reported as due to unwillingness or fear of injury on the part of the tenant?
§ MR. TREVELYANI will lay upon the Table a Return of the number of cases of eviction in the first six months of this year, distinguishing the number of cases of non-payment of rent and cases of hardship.