§ MR. TOTTENHAMasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Sub-Commissioners under the Land Act, in making out their orders as to judicial rents, are in the habit of specifically defining the items in 1264 respect of which deductions for tenants' improvements are made from the rent, under Clause 8, sub-section 9, together with the amount so deducted; and, if he would have any objection to lay upon the Table of the House a specimen Copy of the order made out in such cases?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)No, Sir; the Assistant Commissioners do not in their orders fixing fair rents specify the improvements in respect of which deductions from former rents are made, nor do they specify the amount deducted. Each order is accompanied by a Schedule of improvements, but the amount of money added to or deducted from the rent in respect of such improvements is not stated in the Schedule. There is no objection to laying a specimen copy of the order made in such cases on the Table; but it is already published in the Appendix to the Report of the Lords' Committee.