§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether, with reference to the equitable provisions of "The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887," he is aware that in holdings where the gale day is the 1st November, and where there is only one gale day in the year, the tenant to whom the section applies was, under the 29th section, entitled to adjustment of the rent for the year ending November 1, 1887; whether it was intended that he should also be entitled to adjustment of the rent for the years ending November 1, 1888, and November 1, 1889; whether he is aware that, with regard to the second year's adjustment in such cases, the section provides that it shall be for the year commencing from November 1 (the first gale day) in 1888, and no provision is made for adjustment of the rent for the year ending on November 1, 1888; and, whether, considering this serious defect in the section, he will advise the Government to take steps to have it remedied?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN) (Dublin University)I will give the matter my 1564 very best consideration, having regard particularly to the fourth paragraph of the Question.