§ MR. VILLIERS STUARTasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will state to the House the number of holdings subject to Clause 19 of the Land Law (Ireland) Act of 1881, on which judicial rents have been fixed by the Land Commission; the number of these in which orders have been made for the building or improvement of labourer's cottages or the addition of allotment gardens; the number of holdings on which such orders have been complied with; and 1148 the number of cases in which the provisions of the Labourers' Cottage and Allotment Act of 1882 have been made use of to compel compliance?
§ MR. TREVELYANIt would be quite impossible, Sir, to state the number of holdings on which judicial rents have been fixed, and where applications for the erection or improvement of labourers' cottages might have been, but were not, made. The number of cases in which orders have been made for the building or improvement of cottages, or for the allotment of gardens, is 413. I am not at present able to say in how many cases these orders have been complied with, or the provisions of the Act of 1882 made use of to compel compliance. Inquiries on this subject were undertaken some time ago by my desire, and are still in progress. It was necessary, in the first instance, to ascertain from the Land Commissioners particulars as to all holdings in which such orders had been made. This stage of the inquiry has been completed; and the Constabulary will now be asked to ascertain in each case what has been done with a view to carry out the orders.