§ Mr. KELLYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in allotting the lands of the Stewart estate, county Donegal, the 2155W Estates Commissioners have decided to give a preference to ex-policemen and ex-soldiers who have not served in the present war; and if any of these lands have been given to anyone of either of these classes?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Estates Commissioners have not so decided. There is one allottee who has served in the Army; and one allottee, who is occupier of a small holding on the estate, is an ex-policeman.
§ Mr. KELLYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will give a statement showing the persons to whom the lands of the Stewart estate, county Donegal, were allotted by the Estates Commissioners; their occupations; their qualifications; whether they hold land elsewhere, and, if so, how much; and how much of their allotments has been let by them?
§ Mr. DUKEIt is not the practice of the Commissioners to give detailed particulars of schemes of allotment while schemes are in progress. The particulars are published according as the lands are vested in the purchasers, in the Monthly Returns of Advances which are presented to Parliament. The Estates Commissioners have no particulars of lettings made by the allottees on this estate other than those furnished in reply to a previous question, but they understand that the I only lettings made are conacre lettings for the purposes of food production.