§ MR. SEXTON (Kerry, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state upon what grounds the Lord Chancellor has refused to grant any abatement of 296 rent this year to the tenants on the estate of George L. Kittson, Listowel, County Kerry, an abatement of 15 per cent, having been allowed last year, when prices were much higher than at present?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Lord Chancellor informs me that the tenants referred to hold under judicial rents. A special abatement of 15 per cent. was given last year to some of the tenants at the suggestion of the Receiver as an inducement to prompt payment, which the circumstances of the estate at the time required. In the present year the Receiver reported that there were no grounds to justify a general abatement, and the Lord Chancellor adopted that Report, and directed the Receiver to bring under his notice any cases calling for special consideration. Any such case brought before the Lord Chancellor will be carefully considered by him.