§ MR. COGAN (Wicklow, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that a number of land cases were heard by the sub-commissioners in Rathdrum, county Wicklow, last October, and that their decisions were published recently, he will say how many cases were decided, what was the total amount of first-term rents, what the reduced amount for second-terms, and what was the average reduction given.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The number of first-term rents fixed was five. The aggregate formal rental was £298 14s. 0d., the judicial rental £234 16s. 6d., and the percentage of reduction 21.3. The number of second-term rents fixed was thirty-seven. The aggregate formal rent was £2,759 8s. 6d., the judicial rental £2,222 2s. 6d., and the percentage of reduction 19.5.