MR. BODKINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if his attention has been called to the proceedings on the property known as the Simson Estate, near Elphin, in the County Roscommon, now under the control of the receiver, Judge Monroe; is he aware that about three years ago the property was put up for sale in the Courts, and 15 tenants on the estate, through their solicitor, Mr. Pluukett Kerry, of Dublin, bid for their respective holdings 14 years' purchase, and the bid being the only one made was accepted; is be aware that the agent or receiver on the estate, Mr. Jameson, of 68, Harcourt Street, Dublin, has recently caused a number of these tenants to be served with eviction notices, and so converted them into caretakers, and threatens them with immediate eviction, though the tenants are ready and willing to carry out the terms of their contract of sale; and will he kindly communicate with the Land Purchase Commissioners, and with Judge Monroe in regard to those proceedings?
MR. J. MORLEYThe estate referred to does not appear to be known to the Receiver Judge. The only cases of which the Laud Commissioners have cognisance on the estate are 11, in which the advances have already been made, and, therefore, it is assumed the question cannot refer to these cases. It is possible that negotiations for sale may have been pending with other tenants on the property, but no applications have been lodged with the Land Commission in respect of them. However, I have directed further inquiry to be made in the matter.