§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that great dissatisfaction exists amongst the tenant farmers of Fermanagh owing to the fact that the Sub-Commissioners have not been to the County Fermanagh since November, 1888; and whether it is a fact that there were several cases in which notices to fix fair rents in Fermanagh were served as far back as October, 1887, and which have not yet been heard?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Land Commissioners report that a Sub-Commission sat in the county in October, November, and December, 1888. There are in the county 69 cases undisposed of, in which the originating notices were received before the 31st October, 1887. A Sub-Commission will shortly sit in 802 Enniskillen to hear cases from the county.
§ MR. W. REDMONDMay I ask whether the right hon. Gentleman, in view of the great dissatisfaction which exists, will use his influence in having these cases heard at once, especially those which originated so far back as 1887?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have no control over the movements of the Land Commission; but I have no doubt that the Commissioners will take into account the circumstances of the case.