§ MR. PINKERTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland with reference to the fair rent application of Francis Kane in respect of a farm held under the Trustees of the Ballycastle Charities, whether his attention has been called to the decision of the County Antrim Sub-Commission, as published in the Ballymoney Free Press of the 7th April last; whether he is aware that the Sub-Commission avowedly dismissed the application, not on its merits, but on an allegation that the tenant had failed to point out the entire holding to the visiting Commissioners, and that the tenant denies that he had failed to do so, and notwithstanding, and without any notice to him or his solicitor to appear before the Commission, the application was dismissed on the ground of "the unreasonable conduct of the tenant"; whether he will give a copy of the Report so acted upon by the Commission, and also the name of the person who made it; and whether, even now, an opportunity will be given Mr. Kane of answering the charge which was acted upon behind his back, and which he declares to be groundless?
§ MR. JACKSONI am informed that the Chairman of the Sub-Commission in announcing his decision had before him, as he then stated, the personal representation of his colleagues who had inspected the holding that the 703 tenant had abstained from showing the entire holding. It is open to the tenant to appeal against the decision, which I understand as a matter of fact he has entered.