§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state upon what grounds the Estates Commissioners decline to take action in the case of Mr. Samuel Maxwell, Attanna, Abbeyleix, Queen's County, whose wife claims reinstatement as the representative of her brother, who was evicted from a holding on the De Vesci estate, Abbeyleix, Queen's County, within the statutory limit set down under the Land Purchase Act of 1903.
§ MR. BIRRELLMr. Maxwell, who is a postmaster, applied for the evicted farm as being the husband of a sister of the deceased evicted tenant. The holding has for many years been in the occupation of another tenant; and the Commissioners, having fully considered the circumstances of the applicant and the character of his claim, have decided that the case is not one in which they should take any action.