§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)asked the Solicitor General for Ireland how many applications from tenants on the property of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in county Down asking for fair rents to be fixed were still unheard; whether His Excellency had taken proceedings by way of ejectment against any of these tenants for recovery of the old rent in cases where the tenants might be entitled to the benefit of the fair rent under the Act of 1887; whether any, and, if so, how many, applications later in date from tenants on other properties in county Down had already been adjudicated upon; and whether it was true that at the Ulster Sub-Commission held at Banbridge on the 8th instant, the only case disposed of from the estate of His Excellency was the case of James Hamilton, and that in 672 that case the rent of £9 12s. 4d. was reduced by the Commission to £6 10s.?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN,) University of DublinThe Land Commissioners report that on the estate mentioned there are 231 applications to have fair rents fixed still undisposed of. I understand that in seven of these cases proceedings in ejectment have been taken; but that the agent has in no case required payment of the full amount of rent, and. has expressed his willingness to accept payments on account, having regard to the periods in arrear. No applications later in date from tenants on other properties in the same unions in the county of Down have been adjudicated on in priority to cases on this estate. The facts are as indicated in the last paragraph of the question.