§ MR. BERNARD KELLY (Donegal, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that 100 tenants on the Musgrove Estate in county Donegal had their rents reduced by the Sub-Commissioners; whether the landlord has appealed in an enormous proportion of the cases; whether the appeals are to be heard at Lifford; whether the majority of the tenants are so poor that it is utterly impossible for them to get to Lifford, distant, in many cases, 60 miles from them; and, whether the Government will endeavour to get such arrangements made, by holding Appeal Sessions in Killybegs or elsewhere, as will enable the tenants to be present at the hearing of the appeals?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)Over 100 notices of appeal were served by the 1282 landlord in this instance; but of the 100 cases 70 were withdrawn. None of the cases from the Union of Glenties are to be heard at the sitting at Lifford on the 31st of this month. The Commissioners assure me that they endeavour, as far as possible, to arrange their sittings to meet the convenience of the parties named. I have asked them in this case to observe the rule with particular attention.