§ MR. EDWARD M'HUGH (Armagh, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the number of fair rent applications in respect of the second judicial term which have been made to the Land Commission, and also the number of such applications already made to the county courts in Ireland; and, if he will further state the additional number of tenants who will be entitled to make such application on the, 1st November next?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe number of applications to fix fair rents for a second statutory term made direct to the Land Commission was 879 up to 22nd instant, and to the Civil Bill Courts 193, of which 97 have been transferred to the Land Commission. As I have already pointed out, the Land Commission have no means of ascertaining the number of tenants who will be entitled to apply to have judicial rents fixed for a second term on any stated date.