§ MR. T. SMYTH (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the Estates Commissioners have received an application from Mrs. Bridget M'Caffrey, widow of the late Hugh M'Caffrey, with reference to her being reinstated on the farm from which her husband and herself we-e evicted in March, 1883, on the estate of Mrs. Upperton, Newtowngore, county Leitrim; also if there has been an offer made for the sale of this estate, and, if so, will he see that the sale is not carried out without giving due consideration to the evicted tenant's application to be reinstated under the provisions of the Land Act of 1903, the holding being at present in the occupation of the landlord
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received an application for reinstatement from Patrick M'Caffrey, son of Mrs. Bridget M'Caffrey, and that they will have the application inquired into by one of their inspectors in due course. No proceedings in respect of the sale of the estate on which the evicted farm is situate have yet been instituted before the Commissioners.