§ MR. FLAVINTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether T. W. Sands accepted on 8th May, 1907, the offer of the Estates Commissioners for the purchase of two evicted farms at Knockanure, North Kerry, from which C. O'Connor and Terence M'Mahon were evicted; whether the evicted tenants have since been reinstated; and, if not, will he say why this has not been done.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The vendor did not finally accept the Estates Commissioners' proposal to purchase until 28th September last. The evicted tenants referred to have been put in possession of the farms, and the Commissioners are now awaiting the receipt of undertakings to purchase signed by these men, whereupon the Commissioners will complete the purchase as from 28th September.