§ MR. MURPHY (Kerry, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieu-tenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that in the preliminary list for the sitting of the Chief Land Commissioners at Killarney, on the 3rd July next there were sixteen cases listed on the estate of the Earl of Kenmare, whereas, on the final list, now published, only two of these cases appear; and whether he can state the cause of the omission of the other cases, some of which have been before the Commissioners since 1898.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Land Commission that the preliminary list of fair rent appeals to be heard at Killarney on 3rd July was sent to each appellant with a 1108 notice stating that the final list would comprise as many of the cases as the Judicial Commissioners considered it possible to hear in the time at their disposal, and requesting that appellants would notify the Commissioners of any appeals which they did not intend to prosecute, or in which settlements had been arrived at or sales were pending, or which for any other reason would not go to a hearing. This notice explains the exclusion of any cases which do not appear in the final list.