§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what is the number of evicted tenants in Kerry reinstated under the provisions of the Evicted Tenants Act, the number reinstated by landlords, the number reinstated on purchase of the estates in which their farms were situated; the total number reinstated under all heads; and the total number of applications received from evicted tenants in the county.
§ MR. BIRRELLUp to 31st May last the number of applications received from County Kerry was 957, of which the Estates. Commissioners have rejected 359. The number reinstated by the landlord is 215, and by the Estates Commissioners 39, making a total of 254 reinstated in the county. No tenants 352 have yet been restored in the county under the compulsory provisions of the Evicted Tenants Act, but the Commissioners have commenced proceedings for the acquisition of certain lands under that Act.