§ MR. EDWARD HARRINGTON (Kerry, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How many cases listed in the Land Court from the County of Kerry are still unheard; how many were listed for the last Decem- 16 ber sitting of the Sub-Commission in Tralee, and how many remained over; and, considering that tenants having their cases listed must pay into Court gales of the questioned rent (which may be two and a-half times the fair rent) in order to preserve their right to have that fair rent fixed, he will ascertain from the Land Commission whether there is any prospect of the near hearing of the cases listed in the County of Kerry?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The number of cases remaining unheard on the 1st of April was 1,225. The number listed for last December sitting was 151, of which 99 were unheard. A Sub-Commission has been sitting in the county since the 4th of April.