§ Mr. DELANYasked whether the Estates Commissioners have finally abandoned proceedings under the Evicted Tenants Act for the acquisition of the farms of Kilbreedy and Aghaboe, on the Stubber estate, Queen's County; and will they reconsider the proposal to substitute other and inferior lands in lieu of those two farms, seeing that the tenant evicted from Aghaboe in 1884 is still living and claims reinstatement, and that the farm of Kilbreedy, being in the centre of a congested area, is particularly suited to the enlargement of the small holdings in the neighbourhood?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe owner having offered alternative lands under Section 8 of the Evicted Tenants Act, the Estates Commissioners decided to discontinue proceedings under that Act for the acquisition of the lands mentioned in the question. They do not propose to reconsider their decision.