MR. MAC NEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the laud cases from the Carrick and the Killybegs districts of Donegal have been fixed by the Chief Commissioners for hearing at Strabane in April; and whether, having regard to the poverty of the tenants in the Canuck and Killybegs districts, whose cases are set down for hearing at Strabane, and the great expense and hardship entailed on those tenants by being compelled to travel a long distance from their homes, arrangements can be made for the sitting of the Land Commission Court at Carrick or Killybegs for the hearing of land cases arising in these districts?
MR. J. MORLEYIt is a fact that cases from the districts of Carrick and Killybegs have been fixed for hearing at Strabane next month, and I understand from the Land Commissioners that as the fair rent appeals have now become very scattered, it would be impossible to hold sittings in every district. The Commissioners state, however, that although in the present instance it would not be practicable to hold a sitting in either Carrick or Killybegs, yet they hope to be able to arrange to have the cases from these districts heard at Donegal on a special day in April to be fixed for the purpose. This will materially diminish the distances the tenants will be compelled to travel, and will obviate their being detained away from their homes.