§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork, County W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the 595 Estates Commissioners will inquire into all the circumstances connected with the eviction of Mrs. Evans from her farm at Rossmore, Durrus, county Cork, which is to be sold by public auction on the 26th instant
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that purchase agreements for three holdings at Rossmore, on the estate of Lord Bandon, have been signed and lodged with them by William Kearney, who, the Commissioners understand, has now advertised these farms for sale by public auction, subject to the annuity of £15 19s. 2d. payable to the Land Commission. The Commissioners have no power to interfere with the sale by Kearney of his interest in these holdings, nor could they purchase them subject to the annuity. They will, however, inquire into the circumstances of the eviction of Mrs. Evans at the earliest opportunity.