§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that on the occasion of a pending negotiation for sale of the Ballyrankin (county Wexford) Estate of the Rev. Nicholas Jessop Devereux to his tenants, the landlord sold the interest of three of the tenants, namely, Ellen Cadd, Edward Leary, and Mary McDonald, to an adjoining tenant named James Fitzpatrick, instead of including them in the sale, thereby making Fitzpatrick a landlord over these people, and so enabling him to evict them without compensation, the former Mrs. Cadd having expended £200 on her premises; and whether, in
† See page 35.430 view of the provisions of the Act of 1903, the sale of this estate will be sanctioned by the Land Commission if such a transaction be insisted on by the landlord and the tenant Fitzpatrick.(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) An originating application in respect of the lands referred to has been lodged with the Estates Commissioners, who have declared them to be an estate for the purposes of the Act of 1903. No agreements for purchase by the tenants have yet been lodged. When this has been done and the report of their inspector has been received, the matters alluded to in the Question will receive the attention of the Commissioners. The inspectors have instructions to report as to any sub-tenancies that may exist upon the lands inspected.