§ MR. REDDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of evicted tenants in the Birr Division of King's County who have applied to be 368 restored; in how many cases have rein statements taken place or other suitable farms have been supplied; and what quantity, if any, of untenanted land has been purchased in this division by the Estates Commissioners.
BRYCEI am informed by the Estates Commissioners that they have received applications from eighty-four persons claiming reinstatement as evicted tenants in the King's County. Of these, five have already been restored by the owners. The Commissioners have purchased some 239 acres of untenanted land in this county, and are in negotiation for the purchase of nearly 5,000 acres more.