§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary
† See (4) Debates, cxxxvii., 1212.282 to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the cause of delay in the hearing by the Land Commission of some sixty fair-rent appeals which have been lodged on the Earl de Montalt's estate, county Tipperary, for upwards of three. years; and whether, seeing that the tenants whose appeals are pending have been threatened with proceedings for the recovery of the half-year's rent recently due, by reason of their refusing the landlord's demands for the sale of the estate, steps will be taken by the Land Commission to expedite the hearing of the appeals.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Land Commissioners hope to be able to arrange a sitting for the hearing of appeals in Tipperary during the present year. I am informed that no threats have been held out to tenants such as alleged in the Question.