§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, out of a total of 707 eviction notices filed in the county courts 347 in Ireland during the quarter ended 30th September 1906, 275 were in Ulster; can he say whether these eviction notices were on account of arrears of rent due; and can he state in how many cases the rents were judicial rents, first or second term; and whether any of them were non-judicial rents.
MR. BRYCEThe Return of Eviction Notices filed under Section 7 of the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1887, during the quarter ending 30th September last, shows the fact to be as stated in the first part of the Question. The section quoted applies only to the case of judgments in ejectment for non-payment of rent; the Answer to the second inquiry is therefore in the affirmative. The Government have no information as to the number of cases in which the rents wore judicial rents. There is no provision in Section 7 requiring that these particulars should be given in the notice.