§ MR. THOMAS F. SMYTHTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the Estates Commissioners have received applications for reinstatement from the following evicted tenants in the vicinity of Carrigallen, county Leitrim, viz., Francis Donlon, Errew, on the Latouche estate, Patrick Prunty, Kilbracken, on the estate of Colonel Penefeather, Patrick Reilly, Killahurk, on the estate of Colonel Storey, and Francis O'Rourke (as representative of Francis Masterson), Tully North, on the estate of the Earl of Leitrim; and what decision, if any, has been come to by the Commissioners in those cases.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that applications for reinstatement have been received from Francis Donlon, Patrick Prunty, and Francis O'Rourke, but not from Patrick Reilly. The applications of Donlon and O'Rourke have been referred to an inspector for inquiry and report, but no steps have yet been taken upon the application of Patrick Prunty, which was only recently received. The Commissioners have not yet come to a decision in any of these cases.