§ MR. T. A. DICKSONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If, taking into consideration that three thousand applications to fix a fair rent await hearing in the county of Londonderry, and that up to this date only seventy-six cases have been decided, the Government will arrange with the Land Commissioners that separate Sub-Commissions be given to each of the counties of Londonderry and Antrim?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, this matter has urgently been brought to my notice by my hon. Friend the Solicitor General for Ireland, and, chiefly in consequence of his representations, I have been in communication with the Land Commissioners and the Treasury upon this subject, and have made arrangements by which an additional Sub-Commission may be appointed in September next to enter on its duties on the 1st of October, when the vacations shall have terminated. By this means, if it is still deemed necessary, separate Sub-Commissions can be assigned to the counties of Londonderry and Antrim.
§ MR. GIBSONsaid, he hoped that the Chief Secretary would take care that no Assistant Commissioner should sit in his own locality.