§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland can he say whether, among the tenants on the Croker estate in Moohawn, Herbertstown, County Limerick, Michael Power, so long evicted, has as yet been reinstated in his holding; have the Estates Commissioners sent an inspector to report Oil Power's case; can he say whether the inspector at any time found the landlord, Mr. Croker, or his agent, Mr. John Barrington, disposed to remove from Power's farm Kirby the planter; or does the Evicted Tenants Act of last session empower the landlord or agent, if so disposed, to remove him 693 by giving him land elsewhere on the estate or by giving him compensation in money.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners understand that Kirby, the present occupant of the evicted farm, has held the same for many years as a yearly tenant, but that he is willing to surrender provided that he does not incur loss by doing so. The Commissioners have no power to dispossess Kirby against his will, but they are at present negotiating for the purchase of certain untenanted lands on the estate, and if they succeed in acquiring these lands they will endeavour to effect the reinstatement of Michael Power in his former holding.