§ MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN (Cork)To ask the Chief-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many applications for reinstatement have been received from evicted tenants in the County 1373 of Mayo; and if he will state why it is that, according to the latest Returns of the Estates Commissioners, no evicted tenant has been reinstated in the County of Mayo during the quarter ended 30th June last.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Up to 30th September last 573 applications were received by the Estates Commissioners from persons seeking reinstatement as tenants, or the representatives of tenants, evicted from holdings in County Mayo. 125 of these applications were received after the date specified in the Evicted Tenants Act, 337 were refused after inquiry, eleven applicants have been reinstated or provided with other holdings, and the cases of the remaining 100 have been noted for consideration in the allotment of such untenanted land as the Commissioners may acquire. The Return to which the hon. Member refers is limited to tenants reinstated as purchasers on estates sold or proposed to be sold through the Commissioners, and the Commissioners are not aware that any tenants were so reinstated in County Mayo during the quarter ended 30th June last.