of tenements overheld in towns), 16,850, show an increase of 1,230 as compared with the number in 1897, which was 1,647 over that for the year 1896.
The following is a Summary of the P_eturns of Sheriffs as to execution of ejectments classed so as to distinguish the ejectments for non-payment of rent from other ejectments :—
Local Adrnmistra-' tion of Justice— Larger Districts.
Ejectment*, roK Non-payment or Rent.
EjLcrsn.NTs
ron Ouiee.
Caus__.
1S97.
.
B08 Increase,
1898*
1S9&.
1
Decrease, 189S.
1897.
ISi'S.
Increase, lS9b.
Decrease, 18.&.
Ireland, .
1,421 1,438 17 -6S5 947 262 -
435 412 317 257
422 408 321 287
4 30
13 4
182 168 231 104
185 189 319 254
3 21 88 150
Leinster, .
Munster, .
Ulster, .
Connaught, -
County Courts.
Ejectments executed for non-pay¬ ment of rent and others iu 1898 and 1897, com¬ pared.
Table 56.
From this Table it appears that there was an increase of 17 in ejectments for non-payment of rent (following a decrease of 156 in 1897, and an increase of 77 in 1896), and an increase of 262 in other ejectments.
The statistics as to the number of proceedings under the Landlord and Tenant Act Land 3es-of 1870, are shown in the following table:— -p-^ 54^
Cases disposed of at Land Sessions.
1897.
1898.
Inc[^s8° m
Total number of cases, 18 9 -
Decrees, ....
Dismisses, ....
Otherwise disposed of, Pending at end of year,
2 9 4 3
__.
5 2 0
'' t '
3
Decrease in
1898.
It appears from this table that the cases for disposal which, after having fallen from 83 in 1893 and 63 in 1894, to 16 in 1895, were, in 1896, 20, and in 1897, 18, fell to 9 in 1898.
There have been no applications for confirmation of leases since the year 1882.
The decrees in 1898 were 5, and the dismisses 2; in 1897 there were 2 decrees and 9 dismisses.
In the five land claim cases in which there were decrees in 1898, the total amount Decrees, claimed was £1,755, and the total amount decreed without deducting allowances for set-off to Landlords for dilapidation*, rent, &c, was £880.
In 1897 the amount claimed in cases where decrees were made was £2,751, and the sum decreed was £330.
Three of the cases in which decrees were obtained in the year 1898 were in the province of Leinster, one in Munster, and one in Ulster.
In 1897 the decrees consisted of 2 in the province of Ulster.
Courx Table 55.
Court of the Irish Land Commission.
Land The Commissioners appointed under the Land Law (Ireland) Acts have many functions or^^on of a judicial character, therefore it is necessary in this Report to refer to the judicial portion of their proceedings, and it is convenient to do so here, as the questions dealt with are somewhat allied to those under the Act of 1870—dealt with above— and are mainly determined in the Courts of the Sub-Commissions which are most properly dealt with as part of the local administration of justice.
It is unnecessary to give here a detailed account of the business of the Court of the Land Commission as the Reports of the Commissioners contain full information on the subject.
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