§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, if he will state the number of evicted tenants in county Wexford; the number whose cases have been settled since November, 1903; the number of cases in process of settlement; the amount of money advanced to evicted tenants in that county up to the present date, whether by way of loan or by way of grant; and whether there is any likelihood of the settlement of the evicted tenants question in the county of Wexford being accelerated in the immediate future.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners have received 198 applications from evicted tenants in this county. The number reinstated since November, 1903, to the knowledge of the Commissioners, is 77. Two cases are now in process of settlement, and inquiries will be made by the Commissioners into the remaining cases, in accordance with the recent regulations. The Commissioners have sanctioned loans amounting to £1,141, and grants amounting to £2,128 to evicted tenants reinstated in this county.