§ MR. MAURICE HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state what was the greatest number of Assistant Commissioners and Court Valuers ever employed at any one time by the Irish Land Commission since the creation of that body, and at what period, and how many of them were employed at the same time in connection with the fixing of rents?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe greatest number of Lay Assistant Commissioners and Court Valuers employed at one time in the Land Commission is 77. That is the number of the staff as at present employed, and it was also the number employed in the financial year 1883–4. In the latter year they were all engaged on duties in connection with the fixing of fair rents.