§ Mr. O'KELLYasked the Chief Secretary whether his attention had been called to the case of Pat Bushel, who was evicted in 1895 by Major Balfe, of Castlerea, and who had been promised several times by the Land Commissioners to be reinstated in a farm; would he explain why this promise had not been fulfilled; whether he was aware that Mr. Stuart, acting for the Land Commission, on 14th May, 1907, sent Bushel a telegram saying he was going to reinstate him in a farm, and asking him to meet him (Stuart) in Castlerea, and next day Stuart wired telling him not to come, and that since then Bushel had heard nothing from Stuart; and whether he would urge this case on the Commissioners?
§ Mr. BIRRELLBushel's former holding is in the occupation of another tenant, and the Estates Commissioners cannot interfere in the matter, but they have noted his name for consideration in the allotment of untenanted land on an estate for which they are negotiating but which they have not yet acquired.