§ MR. MURNAGHAN (Tyrone, Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the number of fair rent appeals disposed of by the Chief Commission during the last sitting at Omagh, and also in how many cases were the judicial rents fixed by the Sub-Commissioners confirmed reduced, and increased respectively?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThere were 93 cases on the list to be disposed of by the Commissioners at their last sitting at Omagh. In 49 of these cases the rents fixed by the Sub-Commissioners were affirmed, in 22 cases they were increased, and in three they were reduced. Of the remaining cases, six stand adjourned, in three cases the originating notices were dismissed, nine were settled by mutual agreement between the parties, and in only one case was judgment reserved.