§ MR. O'MALLEYOn behalf of the hon. Member for South Kerry, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of applications to fix fair rents received by the Irish Land Commission from the rural district of Kenmare, county Kerry, during the nine months ended 31st December, 1907, and the three months ended 31st March, 1908, respectively; and, having regard to the fact that the latest sitting of the Sub-Land Commission at Kenmare was on the 3rd October, 1907, at which only applications lodged before the 1st April, 1907, were dealt with, can he state the earliest date of the holding of a further sitting of the Sub-Land Commission at Kenmare.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLThe number of applications received from the Kenmare district during the nine months ending 31st December, 1907, was twenty-seven, and the number received during the three months ending 31st March, 1908, was twenty-eight. The Land Commission will appoint a further sitting as soon as possible having regard to the claims of other districts, but cannot at present fix a date.