§ MR. FLYNN(for Mr. J. O'CONNOR) (Tipperary, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that the Land Commissioners have not sat in Clonmel since February, 1884; whether a large number of cases for settlement of rent have been listed for hearing from the surrounding districts, some of the originating notices having been served nearly three years ago; and, whether he will inquire if the Commissioners can advance the date fixed by them for the hearing of these cases?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Land Commissioners report that the facts are in no wise as alleged in the Question. The Munster Sub - Commission held sittings in the County Tipperary in May, 1886, and sat in Court at Clonmel towards the end of that month. No Tipperary cases in Clonmel Union were then left remaining over; and of the part of the County Waterford which is situate in Clonmel Union there are only three cases remaining over from the June, 1886, sittings, from which they were necessarily adjourned. The hearing of Tipperary cases will probably be again taken up in the usual course towards the end of July. It would not be practicable to advance the date.