§ MR. LALOR (Queen's Co., Leix)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he is aware what number of applications to fix fair rents in the Abbeyleix Union have been served before the 25th of March, 1887; how many before the 29th of September, 1887; and how many before the 1st of November, 1887; how many of these applications have not been heard; and, if the Commissioners have appointed a day for the hearing of these cases not yet decided?
THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN)(who replied) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)said: The number of applications to fix fair rents in the Abbeyleix Union served before the 25th of March, 1887, and remaining unheard is 19. The number of applications received from the 25th of March to the 28th of September, 1887, is 200. The number received from the 29th of September to the 22nd of February, 1888—to give the number to the 1st of November only would not be practicable without considerable delay—is 203. The total number of unheard applications on the books for the Abbeyleix Union is thus 422, and one adjournment case partly heard. Of these cases, however, 30 only were received before the passing of the recent Act in August last. The last sitting of a Sub-Commission for this Union was in November last. The next sitting has not yet been fixed.