§ MR. EDWARD BARRY (Cork County, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the negotiations for the sale of the estate of Mr. John Atkins, Dunmanway, are still in progress; whether he is aware that James Murphy, an evicted tenant at Coolsnagtig, is claiming reinstatement in the farm from which he was evicted; and, if so, will the Estates Commissioners refuse to declare the Atkins property an estate unless Murphy be included among the purchasing tenants.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that no proceedings for the sale of the estate in question have yet come before them, and they have no knowledge of any negotiations for sale which may be proceeding. The Commissioners have, however, referred the case of James Murphy to one of their inspectors with a view to effecting a settlement.