§ MR. THOMAS F. SMYTHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state how many evicted tenants have been reinstated in County Leitrim, under the Land Act of 1903, and also under the Evicted Tenants Act of 1907; how many cases of reinstatement of evicted tenants in the same county are at present under consideration; and if he can state in how many cases have the present occupiers of evicted farms in County Leitrim expressed their willingness to the Estates Commissioners to surrender those farms and accept compensation.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners are at present preparing for presentation to Parliament the Return prescribed by Section 3 of the Evicted Tenants Act, 1907, which will contain particulars of all cases of the restoration of evicted tenants. It is not considered desirable to delay the compilation of that Return by diverting the Commissioners' staff to the preparation of partial Returns in a different form. The prescribed Return will be presented as soon as possible.