§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the owner of the Bevan estate at South Camas, Bruff, County Limerick, and his agent, or rather the Receiver under the Court of Chancery, Mr. Poe Hosford, of Limerick, have arranged with the tenants for the sale of the lands to them; can he say whether an inspector from the Estates Commissioners, a Mr. 1772 Coughlan, visited James Mulcahy and James Butler, who claim to be evicted tenants on that estate, in December, 1906, and, if so, with what result; is he aware that the parents of Mulcahy and Butler offered for the lands a higher rent than the planter, John Van Bevan, who is not a bona fide farmer; and will the Estates Commissioners use their endeavours to have Mulcahy and Butler reinstated and included in the sale.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners have inquired into the claims of the two evicted tenants mentioned in the Question, and have issued a request to the Land Judge, under Section 7 of the Act of 1903, with a view to making an offer for the purchase of the estate. In the event of the Commissioners acquiring the property the claims of both applicants will be considered. The Commissioners have no knowledge of the facts alleged in the Question.