§ MR. LUNDONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that negotiations for sale to the tenants are in progress on the Croker estate, in the townlands of Moohane, Cahircourtney, Rawleighstown and Ballinagarde, in the county of Limerick; can he say whether in these negotiations, the holding of Michael Power, son of the late Richard Power, evicted in June 1890, is included; can he say whether Mr. Courteney Croker and the receiver, Mr. John B. Barrington, have signified their willingness to the reinstatement of Michael Power; is he aware that a planter named Timothy Kirby holds the farm of Michael Power, and that Timothy Kirby has expressed his willingness to leave the farm, provided that he gets another farm on the untenanted lands on the estate, the evicted farm of the late Morgan Hayes excepted; and, if so, will the Estates Commissioners undertake, under these circumstances, to reinstate Michael Power in his farm.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that an originating application in repect of the sale of this estate has been recently lodged with them. Timothy Kirby appears on the shedule of of tenancies lodged, as tenant of a farm which the Commissioners understand was formerly occupied by Richard Power deceased. No purchase agreement has yet been lodged for this holding. Application for reinstatement has Been made by by Michael Power, the son of Richard-Power, and the Commissioners will make inquiries and endeavour to effect an arrangement between Kirby, the present occupier, and Michael Power.