§ SIR CHARLES LEWIS (Antrim, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord 1542 Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is in a position to state the number of applications to fix, under the Land Act of 1881, in which the Land Commissioners have made an order under the 19th section of the Act for the erection of labourers' dwellings, the number of eases in which such orders have been complied with, and the number of cases in which steps have been taken to enforce such orders?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Land Commissioners inform me that the number of orders referred to is 820, together with one made under Section 3 of the Labourers' Cottages and Allotments Act, 1882. The duty of securing compliance with such order is attached by Statute to the Sanitary Authority of the district concerned; and I find that in order to reply to the concluding portion of the Question it would be requisite to call for Reports from the clerks of each of the Unions in which orders have been made, which would necessarily take some time. If my hon. Friend thinks it necessary I will make further inquiry.
§ SIR CHARLES LEWISgave Notice f a further Question on Monday.