§ MR JOHN O'CONNOR (Kildare, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether negotiations are in progress for the sale, under the Land Act of 1903, of the estate of Captain Magan in the county of Kildare; whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application for reinstatement by an evicted tenant named Peter Grady, who was evicted from a farm on the estate in the year 1896; and whether, in any settlement of the estate, the application of this evicted tenant will be attended to by the Commissioners.
(Answered by MR. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners are in communication with the owner of the estate referred to, with a view to the purchase of untenanted land. If they shall acquire such land, they will consider the application for reinstatement which has been lodged by Peter Grady.