§ MR. McVEIGH (Donegal, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners has been called to the claim of Mary Anne Mortland, to the farm of her father, Joseph Mortland who was evicted from his holding on the Wilson Estate, Carnone, Raphoe, East Donegal, in 1894, and has since died in Australia; and, if not, whether he will direct them to send down an inspector to inquire into her case, seeing that Moses Wallace is in the full enjoyment of her farm; and whether he will say if Miss Mortland, now come of age, will be in some way restored to her farm, or be paid the value of it.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received from Miss Mortland an application for reinstatement in the holding from which her late father was evicted. This holding has been bought under the Land Purchase Acts by Moses Wallace, the present occupier, with whom the Commissioners have no power to interfere. The Commissioners, however, will consider Miss Mortland's application in the event of their acquiring untenanted land in the neighbourhood.