§ MR. DAVITTI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many cases of fair rent appeals from County Antrim were heard by the Chief Land Commissioners during their last sitting at Belfast; in how many of these cases were the appeals made by the landlords; and in how many of them 514 were the judicial rents fixed by the Sub-Commissioners increased by the Chief Commissioners. I beg also to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the number of fair rent appeals heard by the Chief Land Commission during its recent sitting at Belfast; in how many cases have their decisions been given; and in what number have the decisions of the Sub-Commissioners been confirmed, reduced, and increased respectively.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURI am informed that the number of fair rent appeals heard by the Land Commissioners at their recent sitting in Belfast was eighty-four—all of which were from the County Antrim and in all of which the landlords were the appellants. In twenty-four of these cases the rents fixed by the Assistant Commissioners were confirmed; in two cases they were reduced; and in fifty-six cases they were increased. The remaining two cases had been dismissed by order of the Assistant Commissioners, which Orders were confirmed on appeal.