§ MR. DOLAN (Leitrim, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners are aware that one of their inspectors, Mr. W. H. Todd, has informed Mr. William M'Gowan, Raheelin, Kiltyclogher, county Leitrim, that He can only be reinstated in the holding from which he was evicted by agreeing to pay an annuity equal in amount to the old rent, which he was unable to pay; and what action do the Estates Commissioners purpose taking in the matter.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have inquired into this matter, and have ascertained that their inspector did not make the statement attributed to him. The question of the price at which M'Gowan should purchase if reinstated did not arise, as M'Gowan informed the inspector that he could not live on the holding from which he was evicted, but desired to get land elsewhere. The Commissioners have not yet dealt with their inspector's Report on the case.