§ MR. JOHN ROCHETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether be is aware that the planters or new tenants upon the Clanricarde estate are protesting against the delay in compensating them and rein stating the old tenants; whether the delay is due to Lord Clanricarde's appeal against Judge Wylie's decision; and whether the Government will take steps to expedite the hearing of the appeal, as otherwise the land will be useless for agricultural purposes for this year both to the present occupiers and the incoming tenants.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) The Estates Commissioners are unable to proceed further in this case until the questions of law involved in it have been disposed of. The matter is pending before the Court of Appeal in Ireland, and every effort will be made to have the case decided as soon as possible.