§ MR. REDDYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give the date on which Mr. Friend became tenant of the holding on the Derry McEdmond properties, situated in the barony of Clonlish, King's County, and whether the Land Purchase Act provides that the Estates Commissioners cannot advance more than £500 for the purchase of a holding the occupier of which became tenant since January 1st, 1901; and what steps, if any, the Estates Commissioners are taking to reinstate the evicted tenant, Amos Palmer Doolan.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Mr. Friend became tenant on August 17th, 1903. Section 53 (1) of the Act of that year provides that the limitation mentioned may be exceeded in certain circumstances in a non-congested county. The Commissioners have not yet come to a decision as to Doolan's holding.