§ MR. MULDOON (Wicklow, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether his attention has been called to the loss caused to the ratepayers of the Rathdrum Rural District by reason of the omission of the former solicitor to the council to register the plots of land acquired under the Labourers Acts under the Local Registration of Title Act; and whether he will favourably consider a provision being made in the forthcoming Land Bill to remedy the defect.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The matter referred to in the Question is at present the subject of legal proceedings between the council and their former solicitor, and the case is to be heard at the Wicklow Assizes on the 29th instant. While these proceedings are pending it does not seem desirable to consider the question of amending the Law as suggested.