§ Mr. MOLLOYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can state why Michael Kavanagh, a tenant evicted on the estate of Colonel Tighe, county Carlow, has not yet obtained any benefit under the Evicted Tenants Act, although it is more than eight years since he first made art application for reinstatement; and whether the farm of Ballyredmond from which he was evicted has been sold by public auction recently.
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that Kavanagh's former holding is in the occupation of another tenant and cannot be acquired compulsorily under the Evicted Tenants Act. His name has been noted for consideration in the allotment of such un-tenanted land as the Commissioners may be able to acquire. Their powers to acquire land are limited to the purchase of lands in fee-simple, and they have no power to bid for a tenant's interest.