§ MAJOR JAMESON (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of applications to have a fair rent fixed which have been lodged with a view to obtain a hearing in the County Courts since the passing of the Land Act of 1887, in the following counties: Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Queen's County, Waterford, Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Tipperary, Kilkenny 1622 and County Down; and, can he state the number of cases put down for consideration by the Land Commission, other than cases transferred from the County Courts by landlords, during the same period?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralThe number of applications to fix fair rents lodged with the Civil Bill Courts in the counties named, from the passing of the Act of 1887 to the 30th June 1896, was 7,446; and the number of such applications lodged with the Land Commission in the same period and from the same counties (exclusive of cases transferred from the Civil Bill Courts) was 27,286.