§ MR. DALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a great many applications by farmers from the vicinity of Castleblaney to have fair rents fixed on their holdings has been made to the Irish Land Commissioners before November last, and that many of these farms have not yet been viewed by the Sub-Commissioners, and whether he can say when these farms will be inspected and decisions given?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Land Commissioners inform me that it has not yet been possible for the Sub-Commission to hear all the cases on the present Castleblaney list, but that they will be dealt with as rapidly as possible.
§ MR. PATRICK M'HUGH (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that no Land Commission has sat in the county Sligo for the past six months, and whether he can say how many cases are now awaiting hearing in that county, and when the Commission will visit Sligo?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURA Sub-Commission sat for the disposal of cases in the county of Sligo in October last. 13 A further Sub-Commission will commence the hearing of cases from the unions of Sligo, Tubbercurry and Boyle on the 14th instant. There are 329 cases in the county Sligo which have not yet been listed for hearing.