§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork County, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether H.M.S. "Stormcock" conveyed the agents of the Bantry Estate to Dursey Island on the occasion of the recent eviction.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Bristol, S.Perhaps I may be permitted to reply to this Question. The Answer is in the affirmative. It was necessary that the landlord's representatives should be present in order both to point out to the sheriff the holding from which the 1137 eviction was to be effected, and also to receive possession of the premises after the eviction. The island is inaccessible from the mainland except in very calm weather, and no boa could be obtained locally by the landlord's agents. In these circumstances, and in accordance with precedent, it was considered necessary and proper to afford a passage to the agents.
§ MR. GILHOOLYBut on various other occasions when he has visited the island, has the agent found any difficulty in getting a boat? Is it the intention of the Government in future to place His Majesty's ships at the call of the agents?
§ MR. WALTER LONGNo.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANAre the naval operations at Dursey Island responsible for the postponement of the naval manoeuvres?
§ [No Answer was returned.]