§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners received communications from the tenants on the estate of Captain Eyre Jevers, situate at Dromdeveene and Glenduff, in the county of Limerick, requesting them to declare the estate a congested one within the meaning of the Irish Land Act, 1909; whether he is aware that there are thirty-four tenants on this estate and that the total valuation of it is only £120; and whether, under these circumstances, the Commissioners will send down an inspector to inquire into and inspect it with the object of seeing the poor condition of the tenants and putting the compulsory provisions of the Act of 1909 into operation there?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the memorial referred to has been received, but on inquiry it appears that Capain Jevers holds these lands under a lease for forty-one years, and is not, therefore, within the class of persons who can sell under the Land Purchase Acts. The tenants have been informed that they should place themselves in communication with the head landlord on the subject.