§ MR. CULLINAN (Tipperary, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state in how many cases have the Estates Commissioners been negotiating the purchase of evicted holdings in Tipperary county; how many they have succeeded in purchasing; how many have they failed in, and why; how many grazing tracts they have been purchasing; how many they have succeeded in; how many they have failed in, and why.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) In two cases evicted tenants have been reinstated. In eight cases the Commissioners have been unable to effect reinstatement owing to the unwillingness of the landlord to sell the holding singly. In one case negotiations are still pending.