§ MR. J. P. FARRELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to state whether the Estates Commissioners have received any application from James Smythe, of Larkfield, county Longford, for restoration to his mother's evicted farm on the Dopping Estate; and whether, in view of the fact that this estate is now being sold to the tenants, care will be taken that no new tenancy of this holding will be sanctioned by the Commissioners as forming part of the estates for sale, unless the same is made to James Smythe, the lawful heir of the former tenant.
1107 (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received an application for reinstatement from James Smythe, and will have the same duly inquired into before they sanction the sale of the estate referred to. Proceedings for the sale of this estate have not yet, however, been commenced before the Commissioners.