§ MR. JAMES O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many applications for reinstatement from evicted tenants in North Roscommon have been received by the Estates Commissioners; in how many cases have the evicted tenants been restored to their holdings or given equivalent holdings; and what progress has been made in acquiring untenanted land for distribution among the tenants of uneconomical holdings, in North Roscommon.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners records are not kept by Parliamentary divisions. The Commissioners have received applications from 156 persons seeking reinstatement in county Roscommon. The reinstatement of fourteen of these has been notified to them. The Commissioners have entered into agreements for the purchase of 1,112 acres of untenanted land, and are negotiating for the purchase of some 2,000 acres in addition.