§ MR. M. J. KENNY (Tyrone, Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether General Buller has yet supplied the Government with a Report upon the state of Kerry and Clare and the other districts under his authority; and, when the Report, supposing it to have been supplied, will be laid on the Table of the House?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)I am, of course, in official communication with Sir Redvers Buller, and also with other officials holding the position of Divisional Magistrate in Ireland; but I have no Report from General Buller which is not of a confidential nature, and which I could lay on the Table of the House.
§ MR. COX (Clare, E.)asked, whether it is true, as stated in the papers, that General Buller has reported that the rents are uniformly much too high in the counties of Kerry and Clare?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS - BEACHNo, Sir.