§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many evicted tenants or descendants of evicted tenants have applied to be reinstated or to be given new holdings under the Acts of 1903 and 1907; and how many have been reinstated or given new farms.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe number of applications received by the Estates Commissioners up to 31st May last was 10,199. The number of applicants reinstated or provided with new farms is 1,627.