HC Deb 12 June 1883 vol 280 cc379-80
MR. MAYNE

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been called to a recent resolution of the Board of Guardians of the Cashel Union, declaring— That we hereby condemn the practice of the Irish Land Commissioners of this district, of sending the application for a fair rent from this union to be heard in Tipperary, as a great injustice and hardship to the tenant farmers of this union, and imposing on them extra cost, trouble, and inconvenience, especially as there is a spacious court-house in Cashel, where general quarter sessions are held, as well as ample accommodation in the town for the Commissioners, solicitors, valuators, and applicants; and, whether, considering that portions of the Cashel Union are nearly forty miles from Tipperary, arrangements will be made that, for the future, eases from this union shall be heard in Cashel, and thus save the farmers of the district the great inconvenience and expense involved in the present arrangements?

MR. TREVELYAN

Sir, the Land Commissioners arranged the sittings of this Sub-Commission according to the best of their judgment and ability, hav- ing regard to the general convenience and state of business. They consider that much loss of time would have been involved by selecting for the purpose more than two or three towns in each county in which the Sub-Commission acts. However, it has power to adjourn to any other town within the county, and may therefore, on application being made to it when sitting at Tipperary, adjourn to Cashel for the convenience of parties whose holdings are near that town. I have answered Questions on this subject more than once, and ani unable to give any further information upon it.