§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if, having regard to the statement of the hon. Member for East Mayo, in the House on the 21st February 1900, that the total number of evicted tenants in Ireland at the outside numbered then between 2,000 and 3.000 persons, the number has risen seven years later to 7,155; and if he has any official information showing that a number of those claiming are disentitled to relief.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I have given already particulars to the House showing that the Estates Commissioners have held that some of the applicants are ineligible for reinstatement. As soon as the Commissioners' inquiries into the applications have been completed they propose to report generally as to the result.