§ MR. M. MCCARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he could state to the House the number of Civil Bill processes of ejectment for nonpayment of rent entered for hearing at the sittings of the County Court for Down recently held at Downpatrick, Newtownards, Banbridge, Lisburn, and Newry; also the number of ejectment decrees obtained at these sittings where only one year's rent was due?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe number of Civil Bill processes in ejectment for nonpayment of rent entered for hearing at the recent sittings of the County Court of Down, held at Downpatrick, Newtownards, Lisburn and Banbridge, was 103, and the number of decrees obtained where only one year's rent was due was 15. The County Court does not sit at Newry until Saturday next; but I understand the number of ejectments entered for hearing there is 43, of which only one case is in respect of one year's rent.