§ MR. CAREWI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the appointment of Mr. Hume Babington by the Chief Land Commission as Court Valuer to inspect certain holdings near Down patrick in cases of appeals recently heard there, and in which Messrs. Wrench and Litton have not yet given their decisions, whether he can now state if this Mr. Babington is a land agent in County Armagh; whether he invariably gave evidence on behalf of landlords in fair rent cases in County Antrim and County Derry; and, whether he will direct the attention of the Land Commission to these facts, and also to the desirability of appointing to inspect these holdings some independent valuer who is neither in the employment of the landlords nor the tenants?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThis question does not appear to be substantially different to the one put down by the hon. Member for South Down on the 30th of July, and I do not think I have anything to add to the reply then given.