§ 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, Newtownwards, 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.)I have received the following Return from the Clerk of the Crown and Peace in reply to this Question; and I find that in Downpatrick the ejectment decrees for judicial rent were 2, in Newtownards 17, in Banbridge 6, and in Newry 7. Of ejectment decrees other than for judicial rent—namely, on lease or from year to year—there were 1 in Downpatrick, 26 in Newtownards, 12 in Banbridge, and 20 in Newry. There were of civil bill decrees for judicial rent 1 in Downpatrick, 4 in Newtownards, 1 in Banbridge, and 6 in Newry; and of civil bill decrees otherwise than for judicial 759 rent—namely, on lease or from year to year—2 in Downpatrick, 26 in Newtownards, 4 in Banbridge, and 16 in Newry.