§ MR. TUITE (Westmeath, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How many fair rent applications from leaseholders and present tenants in the County of Westmeath still remain undisposed of; and, when will the Sub-Commission hold its next sitting in that county?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Land Commissioners inform me that the number of fair rent applications in the County Westmeath remaining unheard is—from leaseholders 395, and from yearly tenants 676. A Sub-Commission will, as at present arranged, sit in the county towards the end of June, to dispose of such of these cases as had been listed for hearing at the recent sitting in February and March, but which remained unheard at the termination of that sitting.