§ MR. M'CARTANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state how many appeals were disposed of by the Land Commission during its last sitting at Belfast; and in how many cases were the judicial rents fixed by the Sub-Commission confirmed, reduced, and increased respectively?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Land Commissioners report that there were 110 appeals listed for hearing at their last sitting in Belfast, which were disposed of as follows: — Judicial rents affirmed, 52; ditto raised, 22; ditto reduced, 4; dismisses affirmed, 3; Sub-Commission decisions reversed and originating notices dismissed, 5; Sub-Commission decisions reversed and fair rent fixed, 2; again referred to Sub-Commission to fix fair rent, 4; withdrawn and settled, 15; adjourned, 3—total, 110.