THE EARL OF LIMERICK, in moving for a Return showing the number of applications to fix judicial rents filed in the Office of the Land Commission Court, said, he moved for it because it was impossible to get the information he required from the Returns at present supplied by the Land Commission, which ran from one month to another.
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Moved, That there be laid before the House a Return of—
(1.) The number of applications to fix judicial rents filed in the office of the Irish Land Commission Court (a) up to the last day of June 1883, and (b) during each of the nine months ending 31st March 1884;
(2.) The number of judicial rents fixed by the sub-commissioners during each of the same months, giving the average percentage reduction of rent for each month;
(3.) The number of applications remaining to be disposed of on the 31st March 1884."— (The Earl of Limerick.)
§ LORD CARLINGFORD (LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL)said, he was not going to oppose the Motion, as he understood the preparation of the Returns 1467 would not involve much labour, though he believed they would be perfectly use-less. If the Returns were to cost any considerable amount of labour, he would feel compelled to protest against the proposal. Everything the noble Earl wanted was contained in the Returns presented monthly to Parliament, and the Returns sometimes presented annually. It would be impossible, at present, he believed, to make out Returns to the end of March; but they might be made out up to the end of February.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Return ordered to be laid before the House.