§ MR. SLOANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of Section 23 (11) of the Land Act of 1903, which provides that on sales of estates to the Commissioners, in the case of a vendor nominating his land agent and land clerk, each shall receive a certain percentage respectively, if this arrangement is approved of by the Commissioners, he will take steps to secure that these percentages 960 shall be paid to the land agent and land clerk respectively, as part of the expenses of the Land Commission, provided the total amount of the percentages does not exceed the scale fixed by the Commissioners with the assent of the Treasury.
§ MR. WALTER LONGUntil some experience of the working of the Act had been obtained, it was not practicable to fix the scale of percentages as contemplated by the section quoted. The Government are in correspondence with the Treasury on the subject, and I hope that the matter will shortly be settled.