§ MR. SHEEHANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when the last sitting of a Sub-Commission for the hearing of fair rent applications took place in the County Kerry; and when there will be another sitting?
§ * MR. JACKSONThe Irish Land Commissioners report that a Sub-Commission sat in the County Kerry during the month of October and November last. The date of the next sitting in that county has not yet been arranged.
§ MR. MAURICE HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if any, and, if so, how many, fair rent applications from the County of Cork served prior to the 29th September, 1887, are still unheard?
§ MR. JACKSONThe Land Commissioners report that there are 25 cases in the County Cork still undisposed of in which the originating notices were received in their office prior to 29th September, 1887. Every one of these cases, however, has been already listed for hearing, but adjourned for various reasons.
§ MR. MAURICE HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the existing number of Assistant Land Commissioners, legal and lay, appointed by the Land Commission; into how many Circuits they are divided; whether they have been sitting as Sub-Commissioners continuously since 1099 October last; and in what Circuit the County of Cork is, and how many counties are included with Cork in the Circuit?
§ MR. JACKSONThe Land Commissioners report that there are four Legal and 24 Lay Assistant Land Commissioners employed on Sub-Commission duty. These are divided into four Sub-Commissions, each consisting of one Legal and six Lay Commissioners. These gentlemen have been continuously engaged in the disposal of fair rent cases since last October, excepting the Christmas vacation. The Counties of Waterford, Kerry, Queen's County, Carlow, Kilkenny, Cork, Tipperary, Clare, Limerick, and a portion of King's County are included in the Circuit allotted to Sub-Commission No. 2.