§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in December 1896, Francis M'Kenna, former tenant of a farm in the townland of Burn, county Cavan, served a notice under the forty-seventh section of the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1896; that the Commissioners replied the lands were occupied by a new tenant; and, if so, can he state what the new tenant's name is?
§ * THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR, Leeds, Central)M'Kenna, in his application for re-instatement, stated 737 that since 1802 his former holding had been in the occupation of a tenant. If this be accurate, the forty-seventh section does not apply, and if inaccurate, it is open to him to renew his application.
§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether he can state, in the case of Bernard Rorke, Drumlane, County Cavan, to be reinstated in his holding, under Section 47 of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896, the Official Receiver, before deciding to oppose the tenant's application, applied formally to the Court for directions in the matter, and whether such application was made in open Court or in Chamber; (2) is there any official record of the application and of the Judge's order thereon, and before which of the Judges was the application heard; and (3) did the Receiver make any report to the Judge prejudicing the tenant's claim for reinstatement?
§ * MR. GERALD BALFOURThe reply to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. The application to the Land Judge was made in Chamber. The Receiver's report is a confidential document, the nature of which cannot be disclosed.