MR. C. MACVEIGH (Donegal, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to a dispute on the Mansfield estate, Killygordon, East Donegal, between George Diver and his landlord as to a part of his holding known as the Wood; whether the matter is now before the Commissioners; if so, will he direct that the inspector to be sent shall inquire into the past rent of this wood and who paid it for the last seventy years, and as to how and why it was taken away from George Diver; and whether, seeing that this wood is now lying waste will he take some steps to have Diver reinstated in this part of his holding, and compensated for the timber that was cut and carried away before the sale of the estate is completed.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that no proceedings for the sale of the Mansfield estate are pending before them, and they have no information as to the dispute referred to in the Question.