§ MR. T. B. CURRAN (Donegal, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, what is the number of appeals pending for hearing before the Chief Land Commissioner in Innishowen Union; whether a great number of men have been served since April, 1897, and What is the cause of the delay; and whether, considering the great number of appeals pending from Innishowen, arrangements will be made for the Chief Commissioner to sit at Carndonagh, to hear those cases, which include a number of Malin Head land appeals listed for hearing, as there are many poor fishermen who cannot afford to travel 40 miles to Londonderry, where the Chief Commissioner usually sits?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThere are 65 appeals pending in the Union mentioned, nearly 30 of which have been lodged since the commencement of the present year. The Commissioners will arrange for the hearing of the appeals in question at as early a date as possible having regard to the claims of other districts, and in fixing the place at which the cases will be heard, they will have regard to the convenience of all the parties interested.