§ MR. M. McCARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the judgments given by one of the Sub-Commissions at its sitting in Newtownards on Thursday last, in the second judicial term cases from county Armagh, whether he will state in how many of these cases decisions were then given; how much respectively were the total old rents, the total rents for the first judicial term, and the total rents fixed for the second judicial term, in respect of these holdings; and whether, taking the entire number of Armagh cases then decided, the total amount of 62 the rents fixed for the second term was above or below the total amount fixed for the first judicial term, and what is the difference in the amounts?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Chairman of the Sub-Commission, to whom this Question has been referred, reports that judgment was given at Newtownards on the date mentioned in 43 Second Term cases from the county Armagh; that in these 43 cases the total old rent amounted to £829 11s. 11d.; that the total of the rents fixed for the first judicial term amounted to £633 0s. 2d. that the total of the rents fixed for the second judicial term for these holdings amounted to £445 18s. 6d., which sum is less than the aggregate rents for the first judicial term by the sum of £187 1s. 8d. The Chairman adds that he is not quite sure that these figures are absolutely correct, as he had not the files of Papers with him at the time he received notice of the Question.