§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners will cause inquiries to be made into the circumstances of the eviction of Philip O'Donnell from his farm at Gurteenreeny, Kilcooley, county Tipperary, which is at present occupied by a planter named Thomas Pratt; and will he recommend to the Commissioners the desirability of approaching the landlord, Admiral Poe, with a view to securing the reinstatement of M'Donnell in his former holding.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners will, in pursuance of the recent regulations, make inquiries in due course into the case of Philip McDonnell, from whom an application for reinstatement has been received.