§ MR. MURPHYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners in endeavouring to effect the reinstatement of evicted tenants in Kerry merely make a request to the landlord as to his willingness to negotiate; whether in the event of a refusal by the landlord the Commissioners have any power to proceed further with the reinstatement; and whether he can give a Return showing the names of the landlords and tenants in which failure to reinstate has occurred owing to the landlord's refusal.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that it is their practice to approach the landlord with a view to ascertaining whether he is willing to enter into negotiations for the sale of the holding, but they have no power to compel an owner to sell. If the owner will not sell, the Commissioners consider the possibility of providing a holding for the evicted tenant elsewhere. The Commissioners propose to publish in their annual report, or half-yearly if it is so desired, a statement snowing generally how far the reinstatement of evicted tenants in their former holdings has been effected, or how far holdings have been provided for them elsewhere, and generally the causes of success or failure as the case may be. The Commissioners do not, however, propose to detail the names of the owners in cases in which reinstatement has not been effected.