HC Deb 07 August 1884 vol 292 cc102-3
COLONEL KING-HARMAN

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he can state the number of days during the year ending on the 31st December 1883, in which the Land Commissioners sat in cities or towns, other than in the city of Dublin, for the hearing of cases, exclusive of cases, if any, arising under the Arrears Act?

THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER) (for Mr. TREVELYAN)

The Land Commissioners sat in 1883—exclusive of sittings in Dublin—on 17 different occasions, and those sittings occupied 78 days. During the first seven months of the present year they sat on 15 different occasions, extending over 81 days.