§ Mr. DELANYasked the Chief Secretary can he say when the untenanted land on the Hamilton Stubber estate, Queen's County, will be distributed; and whether a farm will be allotted to William Hyland, who was evicted off the De Vesci estate, Abbeyleix, in 1882, and whose holding is in 1639W the occupation of a planter, the said William Hyland's claim having been favourably reported upon by the Estates Commissioners?
§ Mr. BIRRELLProceedings are pending for the acquisition of the lands on the Stubber estate under the Evicted Tenants Act, but the Estates Commissioners are not at present in a position to say when they may be acquired, or to whom they may be allotted, if acquired.