§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he can state the number of ejectment decrees for non-payment of rent, and also the number of Civil Bill decrees for the recovery of rent which have been granted at the recent sitting of the County Court in each of the following towns in the County of Down—namely, Downpatrick, Newtownards, Banbridge, and Newry; and, how many of these decrees include the old rents of holdings in respect of which the fair rents have not yet been fixed?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, he had asked for a Report 659 on the matter, but had not yet received it. He was not yet aware how far the information required would be available.