§ VISCOUNT EBRINGTON (Devon, Tavistock)I beg to ask the hon. Member for the Penrith Division (Mr. J. W. Lowther) whether the Trustees of 752 the Suteombe Charity lands invited tenders for them in one or more lots; whether a carpenter in the village tendered for throe lots, comprising 10 acres in all; and three other cottagers for the remaining 14 acres; whether these applications, as well as subsequent ones, for allotments were all refused, and the land let in one lot to a tenant of one of the Trustees for less money than the aggregate rent offered by the cottagers; and whether, looking to all the circumstances of the case, the Charity Commissioners will use their influence with the Trustees to make provision in some way for letting land or allotments to these men?
MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)The answer to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. The information before the Commissioners relating to the second and third paragraphs is incomplete; but it appears that on the 25th of November, 1889, application was made to the Trustees by 12 men, including certain labourers, for allotments; but a tender for the whole land had been accepted by the Trustees on the 1st of that month. In reply to the last paragraph, a local inquiry into the general administration of the Charity will shortly be held by an Inspector, who will be directed to include in his inquiry the question of what provision exists or can be made at Suteombe for letting land or allotments.
§ VISCOUNT EBRINGTONWhen will the Report be presented?
MR. J. W. LOWTHERI think it will be made very shortly; at all events before Lady Day next, which is the time the tenant takes possession.