MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in reference to the Lands Act Inquiry Commission, whether, under the terms of reference, the tenant farmers will be afforded facilities to have representative tenant farmers from the different districts in Ireland examined on their behalf to give evidence as to the fixing of fair rents by the Land Commissioners and County Court Judges, and the fixing of the value of the tenant's interest in a holding, wherein the landlord exercises the right of pre-emption; and when, and where, the sittings of the Land Acts Inquiry Commission will be held?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe procedure of the Royal Commission, as well as the time and place of their sittings, will be settled by the Commissioners themselves. I will bring the Question of the hon. Member under the notice of the Secretary to the Commission.