§ MR. P. O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when the Report of the Irish Land Commission will be laid upon the Table of the House; and when it will be distributed to Members?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralThe annual Report of the Irish Land Commission for the year ended 31st March, 1897, has already been presented to Parliament, and printed for distribution amongst hon. Members. The Report for the current year will not be ready for some months.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MR. G. N. CURZON,) Southport, LancashireOur 225 latest information is that there has been some fighting between Moslems and Christians; that on January 23rd a demonstration was made in favour of some Moslem prisoners; but that on January 24th quiet was restored. We have not heard of the emigration mentioned in the second paragraph, but it is unhappily true that there is much distress among the Mussulman refugees at Candia. The French Government and Her Majesty's Government have each placed £400 at the disposal of their Admirals in Crete for the relief of cases of grave distress.