§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in several cases on allocation of purchase money under the Irish Land Purchase Acts claims have been made on the part of the Crown, and allowed, in respect of obsolete Crown rents which had not been paid for upwards of 100 years; that in one case an arrear of 170 years was claimed and had to be allowed, as there was no statute of limitation available against the Crown in Ireland; and whether he will procure an Amendment to be made in the Crown Lands Bill with a view to a reasonable period of limitation against claims of the Crown in Ireland.
§ MR. MCKENNAClaims are never now made in respect of quit or Crown rents which have remained unpaid for sixty years or upwards, though there was a legal decision some years ago that the Nullum Tempus Acts, by which Crown
† See Column 491.954 claims to land are barred after sixty years, do not apply to quit and Crown rents. I hope, however, to introduce an Amendment in the Crown Lands Bill which, if carried, will have the effect of making the law conform with the existing practice in this respect.