§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, If the Land Commission will in future Returns state the number of applications to fix fair rents under the Land Acts of 1881 and 1887 brought before the Sub-Commissioners, as also the number of fair rents fixed, distinct from the fair rent applications brought and fixed by the Civil Bill Courts; and, if he can state the 142 number of fair rents fixed respectively by the Sub-Commissioners and by the Civil Bill Courts for the three months ended December 31, 1887, as also for the three months ended March 31, 1888?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN) (Dublin University)The Land Commissioners inform me that it is their intention to make in future monthly Returns the distinction indicated in the first paragraph of this Question. The number of fair rents fixed during the three months ended December 31, 1887, was, by Sub-Commissions, 2,573; by Chief Commissioners on reports of valuers, 8; by Civil Bill Courts, 62—total, 2,643. The number of fair rents fixed during the three months ending March 31, 1888, was, by Sub-Commissions, 3,423; by Chief Commissioners on reports of valuers, 41; by Civil Bill Courts, 404—total, 3,868.