§ Mr. MEAGHERasked the Chief Secretary if he can say if it is the intention of the Estates Commissioners to provide a holding for the representatives of Charles Kyan Kilbline, Thomastown, county Kilkenny, by reason of the landlord, Mr. Davis, refusing to give them the holding from which they were evicted; is he aware that Mr. Davis holds a large estate of untenanted land in this locality; and, in view of the fact that many evicted tenants in this county are yet unprovided for as well as a number of uneconomic landowners, he will consider the advisability of having this untenanted land acquired by the Estates Commissioners with a view of having it distributed amongst those who are entitled to portions thereof?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners do not propose to provide a holding for the representatives of Charles Ryan. They instituted proceedings under the Evicted Tenants Act for the compulsory acquisition of certain lands belonging to Mr. Davis, but he lodged a petition against their acquisition, and the Commissioners, after hearing the petition, decided to discontinue the proceedings.