§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in view of the importance and urgency of the question, whether, under the Land Act of 1903, Irish landlords are to be paid with public money for the tenants' occupation, interest, and improvements, and those tenants are to be made liable for the repayment of a price for their own property, and of the fact that there has already been a hearing by the Commissioner, will a preliminary second hearing on a fairly chosen test case be taken at such an early date as will allow of the whole matter being heard and decided by the Court of Appeal before the long vacation; and will a sufficient sum be retained from 966 price and bonus in each case of sale to await the result.
MR BRYCEIn regard to the first part of the Question, I beg to refer to the reply which I gave to the hon. and learned Member's Question of May 23rd, † in reference to the case of King Harman and Hayes. The Commissioners will bring the matter forward as soon as they can, but cannot fix a date. The reply to the concluding inquiry of the Question is in the negative.