§ MAJOR J. E. JAMESON (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when the judgments in the fair rent applications 1061 held by a Sub-Commissioner at Kilrush on the 11th and 12th of last November will be given, and what is the reason of the delay; is he aware that fair rent applications in county Clare served so far back as January, 1897, have not yet been listed for hearing, although two sittings of Sub-Commissioners have taken place in the county since that date; and can he state the cause of the delay?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURJudgments have been delivered by the Sub-Commission in all the cases heard at Kilrush to which reference is made in the Question. It is a fact that there are some cases for the county Clare still unheard, in which the originating notices were lodged so far back as January, 1897. A Sub-Commission was engaged in the disposal of cases from that county from 1st October, 1897, to 10th February, 1898, when the claims of other districts had, I am informed, to be considered. The further sitting of a Sub-Commission for county Clare will be arranged at as early a date as possible.