§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether ho can state the number of families evicted within the last two years in the parish of Drumlish, in the county of Longford, on the estates of Lord Granard, Colonel King Harman, Captain Douglas, Mr. Galbraith, and Mr. Crofton; and, whether the Government is aware that these evicted tenants were for the most part so poor that they bad to live principally on relief meal during the late seasons of distress?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, Iaminformed that there is no parish of Drumlish in the county Longford; but in the parishes about Drumlish in the last two years the number of families evicted on the estates in question has been 129. The local constabulary inform me that they do not believe that any of the evicted families were so poor as to be obliged to live principally on relief meal during the late seasons of distress.
§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked if the right hon. Gentleman could state if the rents on many of those estates were 40 per cent above the Government valuation?
§ MR. TREVELYANI cannot answer that Question without Notice.