§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Iroland whether the Estates Commissioners have caused any inquiry to be made into the claim of Jeremiah Murphy, an evicted tenant on the estate of Bowen Colthurst, at Aharrin, Coach-ford, county Cork, for reinstatement; has the middleman, J. H. Weldon, Kilmallock, been approached in the matter, and, if so, with what result; and will he further state whether the negotiations for a sale of this estate have yet been concluded.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have had the holding in this case inspected, and having intimated to the middleman mentioned the price at which they would be prepared to purchase the holding if he should be in a position to sell it. Mr. Weldon has, however, refused to accept this price. The Commissioners are making further inquiries into the matter.