§ SIR WALTER NUGENT (Westmeath, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the Estates Commissioners for Ireland have signified their intention of transplanting evicted tenants from King's County to the lands of Raheenshane, Cloncullen, and Spitteltown, situated near Tyrrellspass, in the county of West-meath, notwithstanding the fact that there are evicted tenants in the immediate neighbourhood, one of whom was evicted from one of the farms in question; and if he will instruct the Commissioners not to make such a transfer, but to reinstate the local evicted tenants on the lands in question.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissions are negotiating for the purchase of the estate of R. White, which is situate in the town lands mentioned in the Question, but will not settle a scheme for the distribution of the lands until the negotiations are complete. If the Commissioners should succeed in acquiring the property, they will consider the claims of local evicted tenants.