§ MR. P. A. M'HUGH (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of fair rent appeals heard by the Chief Land Commission at its recent sitting at Enniskillen; also the number in which the judicial rents fixed by the Sub-Commissioners were reduced and increased respectively?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe total number of cases heard by the Chief Commissioners at their recent sittings at Enniskillen was 60. In 32 cases the decisions of the Assistant Commissioners were affirmed; in 16 cases the rents were raised, and in seven they were reduced. In two cases the judgment of the Commissioners has been reserved, and in one case the order fixing the rent was discharged.