§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of fair rent cases that have been heard and determined by assistant Commissioners during the year ending 31st March, 1902, the number of Commissioners employed for this purpose, and the average reduction on the previous rents.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe number of first term rents fixed was 2,242, and the average reduction on previous rents was 14 per cent. The number of second term rents fixed in the same period was 7,852, and the average reduction on previous or first term rents was 21 per cent. The number of lay assistant Commissioners engaged upon sub-commissions during the year was sixty-two.