§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how many appeals were pending on the 30th November, 1897, 1898, 1899,1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904 in the Irish Land Commission.
MR. BRYCEThe Land Commission have furnished me with the following figures showing the number of appeals from decisions of Sub-Commissions and Civil Bill Courts which were pending on the 30th November in each of the years mentioned:—1897, 4,549; 1898, 7,824; 1899, 10,031; 1900, 11,988; 1901, 13,088; 1902, 13,935; 1903, 14,506; 1904, 14,376; 1905, 11,477; 1906, 8,392.
§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYIs not this continued delay a very serious matter for the tenants?
MR. BRYCEYes, it is regrettable, and I shall be glad, if I can, to find some means of accelerating the hearings.