§ LORD EVERSLEYI beg to ask the noble Lord the President of the Council the Question standing in my name, viz.:—"Whether the Government will supplement the information promised to the Viscount Hutchinson (E. Doughnomore) as to the persons who will be entitled to claim under the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Bill, by obtaining from the Estates Commissioners fuller details as to the three estates referred to in their recent Report, as bought for the purpose of reinstating former tenants, showing 732 the terms of reinstatement, the amount of the new rents or annual payments as compared with the former rents, the amounts paid for rebuilding or repairing the buildings and for stocking the farms, and the compensation paid to persons for giving up the holdings."
*THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (The Earl of CREWE)I understand the Question which my noble friend has asked refers to three estates named in the Report, viz., the Ponsonby, the Luggacurran, and the Coolgreaney estates. That is how we read the Question he has put on the Paper. I have to say, in reply, that the Estates Commissioners will be happy, so far as practicable, to give my noble friend the information for which he asks.
*THE EARL OF DONOUGHMOREI would only like to express a hope that this will not delay the production of the Return. We are anxious to see this Return before the Bill is read a second time. I am sure all my noble friends will be glad to see these figures, and we are indebted to the noble Lord for asking for them. I hope that in the course of a day or two we shall see the beginning of the Return.
§ LORD ASHBOURNEI understand that the first Return will be presented at the earliest possible date, and the Return asked for just now by Lord Eversley will be given later.