§ MR. O'SHEETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many evicted tenants have been reinstated under the provisions of the Land Act of 1903 in the county Waterford; whether inquiries will now be made and steps be taken to expedite the restoration to their holdings of the many evicted tenants still unprovided for in that county; whether the Estates Commissioners are negotiating for the purchase of, or have agreed to purchase, untenanted lands consisting of 300 acres in the Parker estate, and 800 acres in 1273 the Woodrooffe estate, in the county of Waterford.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that eight evicted tenants have been reinstated in this county, and that, in accordance with the recent regulations, they are about to make inquiries into the cases of all evicted tenants who have applied for reinstatement. The Commissioners are negotiating for the purchase of the Parker estate, comprising 221 acres of untenanted land, but they have no knowledge of the Woodrooffe estate.