§ MR. LUNDONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that on 25th September last the Earl of Dunraven evicted from his holding in Ardshanbally Adara, a farmer named Thomas Drew, who held as tenant from year to year; is he aware that since his eviction, six weeks ago, Thomas Drew, with his delicate wife, have been obliged to live in an insanitary cabin; does he know that in order to the more effectually deprive Thomas Drew of any title to his holding a caretaker's agreement from the rent office, in the name of the Earl of Dunraven, was served on him which he refused to sign; can he say whether all the other evicted tenants on the Dunraven property have been reinstated; and will the Estates Commissioners send an inspector to see to the reinstatement of Thomas Drew.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they have no knowledge of the facts alleged in the Question in reference to the case of Thomas Drew, from whom no communication has been received. The Commissioners have received eight applications for reinstatement on the estate mentioned. Six of the applicants have been reinstated by the Commissioners, one was outside the scope of the Act, and the remaining case has not yet been dealt with.