§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state when the last sitting of the head Land Commission Court was held in Longford; whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists amongst the tenants having appeals listed there as to the delay; and whether he will communicate with the Commission and ask them to arrange for a sitting at an early date in Longford.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Land Commission that sittings were held at Longford, by both Judicial Commissioners sitting independently, on May 9th, 1905, and following days. The list contained all cases then pending in which the notices of appeal were lodged prior to April 1st, 1905. There are now pending only forty-four cases from county Longford in which appeals have been lodged on various dates since that date, and in twenty of those cases the notices of appeal were received since the commencement of the present year. A sitting will be arranged for the disposal of county Longford appeals for as early a date as possible, having regard to the claims of other districts.