§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork Co., W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the fair rent application of Timothy Leary, tenant on the estate of Robert H. E. White, heard by Land Sub-Commission at Bantry on 12th January last, and dismissed on 8th May last, whether he is aware that the point raised by the landlord was that the applicant was a labourer and paid part of his rent in cash, for which the receipt was produced and the balance in labour, when the Chairman of the Commission held it was open to pay part of the rent in labour, whether he is aware that months afterwards the application was dismissed because the tenant was a labourer; whether the lay Commissioners visited the holding to fix the amount of rent; and why the expenses of their inspection were incurred when the case was dismissed on merely a legal point?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI have nothing to add to my reply to the similar Question addressed to me on Monday last by the honourable Member, and I have no power to call upon the Land Commission to give an explanation of any action they may take in the exercise of their judicial functions.