§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether agreements for purchase have reached the Estates Commissioners in connection with eight holdings on the estate of Mrs. Adair, near Mountmellick, Queen's County; and whether he is aware that one of those is in the occupation of a planter who came into possession since January, 1901; and can he say what course the Estates Commissioners propose taking in this case, in view of the fact that the evicted tenant is in the locality and claims his farm.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that agreements for purchase on this estate have recently been lodged with them. The tenancy in one of the cases is described as a "future tenancy" created in December, 1902. The course adopted by the Commissioners in the 997 case of recently created tenancies is indicated in my reply to the Question of the hon. Member for North Westmeath on Wednesday last. The Commissioners are unable to say what decision they may arrive at in this particular case until an inspector has visited the estate and reported on the case.