HC Deb 01 May 1899 vol 70 cc968-9
MR. W. ABRAHAM (Cork Co., N. E.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will explain why tithe rent-charge payers in Knockmourne parish, county Cork, are now called upon to pay what are termed arrears of tithe, though the Recorder of Cork, on 26th April 1897, reduced the tithe about 2s. 10d. in the pound consequent on the fall in prices of cereals?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

The Question relates to lay tithe rentcharges not vested in the Irish Land Commission, the revision of which is affected by a recent decision of the Court of Appeal. I refer the honourable Member to an inquiry on the general Question addressed to me by the honourable Member for the Walton Division of Liverpool.