§ Mr. DELANYasked the Chief Secretary whether a large portion of the farm from which the late Michael Branagan was evicted in 1882, situated on the Wells estate, Raheenduff, Attanagh, Queen's County, has been given to a Mrs. Wall, of Grennan; if he is aware that Mrs. Wall holds over 200 statute acres elsewhere and has no children, and that the son of the evicted tenant, who came home from New York, only got 33 out of the 84 Irish acres of which his father's farm was comprised; can he say who recommended Mrs. Wall for a portion of this farm; and whether the Estates Commissioners will reconsider their decision in allotting a portion of the farm to a well-to-do outsider to the exclusion of the son of the evicted tenant?
§ Mr. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners, in the exercise of their discretion, have allotted 38 acres of the farm in question to the children of John Holohan, who was evicted from a farm of 73 acres in the same county, which is now in the occupation of another tenant. As they are minors the purchase agreement has been signed on their behalf by their aunt, Mrs. Wall, as trustee. The Commissioners have allotted 54 acres to Michael Brannigan as representative of his father, who was evicted from the farm in 1882. They are not prepared to reconsider their decision.