§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Estates Commissioners have received a statement of claim for re-instatement from Patrick Mullane, an evicted tenant on the Colthurst Estate, at Ardrum, Inniscarra, county Cork; is the evicted farm at present occupied by a planter named John Buttimer; has he been approached with a view to giving up possession to the evicted tenant; have any negotiations taken place for the sale of this estate; and what steps will be taken in regard to Mullane's claim for re-instatement.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners have received from Patrick Mullane an application for reinstatement, and the matter has been referred to an inspector for inquiry. Pending the receipt of the inspector's report the Commissioners have no information as to the facts of the case.