§ MR. HALPIN (Clare, W.)I bog to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the number of evicted tenants in West Clare and in East Clare respectively who have applied to the Estates Commissioners to have them reinstated in their holdings; and whether he is aware of the number of evicted tenants in both divisions who have not yet applied to be reinstated, but who are just doing so.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners have received applications from 217 persons seeking reinstatement as evicted tenants in the entire county of Clare. The Commissioners' records are not kept by Parliamentary divisions. They have no information as to the number of evicted tenants who have not yet applied, but are about to do so.