Captain CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state under what jurisdiction, statutory or otherwise, the Estates Commissioners acted in awarding a portion of the untenanted land of the Montray estate, county Monaghan, to a man whose only occupation was that of gamekeeper?
§ Mr. BIRRELLNo portion of the Montray estate was allocated to a person whose only occupation was that of a gamekeeper. The person to whom the question evidently refers was allotted a parcel of land on the Cordner estate, which he had occupied as gamekeeper, giving service in lieu of rent. The Estates Commissioners regarded him as a tenant, and allotted the land to him as such.
§ Mr. BIRRELLYes.
§ Mr. C. C. CRAIGUnder what circumstances was he evicted?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI cannot say; but the allotment was made at the request of the Land Judge by whom the estate was sold under the Act of 1903.
§ Captain CRAIGUnder what jurisdiction, statutory or otherwise, did the Estates Commissioners act?
§ Mr. BIRRELLHe was not allotted the land because he was a gamekeeper, but he was allotted a parcel of land which he 921 had occupied as gamekeeper, giving his services in lieu of rent.