§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork County, N. E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state to whom the untenanted land 'acquired by the Estates Commissioners on the Clarke Estate, county Cork, has been allocated; and whether, after provision is made for the evicted tenants on the estate, preference will be given to the claims of evicted tenants in the immediate neighbourhood who are unable to obtain possession of their former holdings from the present occupiers.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Land Commission have no information as to the alleged proceedings to recover rent on the estate referred to, and no steps have been taken to initiate purchase negotiations in the case.