§ Mr. DELANYasked the Chief Secretary whether he can state the number of evicted tenants from Queen's County, or their representatives, who have sent in claims for reinstatement to the Estates Commissioners; how many of those claims have been rejected, and for what cause; how many have been reinstated or provided with other farms; and the number whose claims have been acknowledged as valid that still remain unprovided for?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received applications from 377 persons seeking reinstatement as evicted tenants or the representatives of evicted tenants in Queen's County. The Commissioners after inquiry decided to take no action with regard to 130 applications. Eighty-nine applicants have been reinstated or provided with new holdings, and the names of twenty-four have been noted for consideration in the allotment of untenanted land. Of the remaining applications, fifty-three did not come within the provisions of Section 2 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, and the rest were received after the date mentioned in the Evicted Tenants Act and cannot be dealt with under that Act.