§ Mr. PATRICK WHITE (for Mr. Meagher)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether about 80 tenants of the Wandesford estate, Castlecomer, have applied to the Estates Commissioner's to have their farms inspected before the sale is sanctioned; and, if so, whether he can state the time such inspection will take place?
§ Mr. CHERRYI have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the question on the same subject asked by the hon. Member on 1st April last.
§ Mr. P. WHITE (for Mr. Meager)asked whether any applications have been made to the Estates Commissioners on behalf of Edward Burke and Mrs. Conway, on the Wandesford estate, Castlecomer, for restoration to farms from which they were either dispossessed or had to give up possession through inability to pay the rents charged on the same; whether any application was made on behalf of Martin Loughlin or his relatives for restoration to their holding at Finnan, on the Kavanagh estate, Ballyragget; and, if so, what steps have been taken in the matter?
§ Mr. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners received an application from Martin McLoughlin who is in America, and decided after inquiry to take no action on it. They also received an application from 368 Edward Bourke, but it was not lodged within the time specified in the Evicted Tenants Act, and has not been inquired into. They have not received any application from Mrs. Conway.