§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, If he can state in what order or by what rule of precedence the cases entered in the Land Commissioners' Courts are listed; whether alphabetically, or by ballot, or according to the date of application?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)All applications from each electoral division are sent for hearing strictly in the order in which they are received at the office of the Land Commission with two exceptions. The first exception is that an application to fix fair rent has precedence; this is done in the interest of both landlord and tenant. The second exception is that precedence is given when the holding is on an estate for sale in the Landed Estates' Court; this is done in order to facilitate the sale, because the rental of the estate must be settled before the sale can take place. The electoral division placed first on the list is generally the one lying nearest to the town in which the sitting is to be held.