§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork County, N.E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the dissatisfaction among the tenant farmers in Cork county, with reference to the reductions given by the Creon Sub-Commission on applications to fix second-term rents on the Kingston and other estates; and if he will explain why the percentage of reduction on second-term rents fixed during the quarter ending 582 December last is only 14 per cent, in Cork county, while it is 22 per cent, in county Down; and whether he is aware that many tenants are deterred from entering the Court on account of the action of the Sub-Commission.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI have no information on the matters alleged in the Question. The percentages of reduction in rents fixed by the Sub-Commissioners vary with the varying circumstances of cases, holdings and districts, and an appeal against their decisions is open to the parties who feel aggrieved.
§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork County, E.)Will the right hon. Gentleman say on whose recommendation these Sub-Commissioners were appointed?
§ MR. WYNDHAMNo, Sir.