§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland how long the Plan of Campaign had been in operation on the Vandeleur estate, in Clare; whether the 1784 dispute had now been terminated by an agreement between Captain Vandeleur and his tenants, some 500 in number; and what were the terms of the settlement agreed upon in regard to judicial tenants, non-judicial tenants, and tenants evicted?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.I am informed that the Plan of Campaign has been in operation on the Vandeleur estate since December, 1886. So far as the Irish Government is aware, no agreement has been come to between the landlord and the tenants.