§ MR. O'SHEETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether an application has been received by the Estates Commissioners from Miss Helena Maye in reference to a farm at Ballydecane, county Waterford, from which her father was evicted; whether he is aware that the evicted farm is now in the possession of two new tenants, one occupying about 250 1245 acres and the other about thirty acres, and that besides these two new tenants there is only one other tenant on thet estate, viz., Miss Carroll, except that one of the new tenants is also in occupation of another holding; whether he is aware that, the new tenants having entered into negotiations for purchase with the owner, Miss Carroll declined to have anything to do with the same unless the evicted tenant's claim was satisfied; whether an originating application has been lodged with the Estates Commissioners by the owner; and whether the Estates Commissioners will allow the evicted tenant to be passed over, and declare these two holdings and one other to be an estate.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Estates Commissioners that an application for reinstatement has been lodged with them by Miss Helena Maye, who claims as the representative of an evicted tenant on the estate of Miss H. P. Rice and others. The application alleges that the eviction took place in 1881 out of a farm of 315 acres, which is now in the occupation of James Ellis and David Barry, and that the eviction was for nonpayment of £853 rent due. The Commissioners have no knowledge of any negotiations for purchase which may be proceeding. No application in respect of the sale of the estate has been lodged with them.