§ MR. MURPHY (Kerry, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of applications received by the Estates Commissioners from evicted tenants in the county of Kerry; whether any of such applications have been dealt with, and how many tenants have been reinstated through the action of the Commissioners: and whether any proceedings are now in progress to effect the reinstatement of tenants whose farms are unoccupied and in the landlords' possession.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe number of such applications received is 411. So far as the Commissioners are aware, nineteen evicted tenants have been reinstated by landlords. None have been reinstated by the Commissioners, but the applications are with the inspectors and will be considered with a view to providing the applicants with new holdings on untenanted land in their neighbourhood when such becomes available, or to their reinstatement on former holdings, as the case may be.