§ Mr. GUINEYasked the number of applications made by evicted tenants for reinstatement in the county Cork; the number of applications reported on favourably; the number of evicted tenants reinstated; and what is the acreage of the lands acquired voluntarily and compulsorily by the Estates Commissioners in county Cork?
§ Mr. BIRRELL:One thousand one hundred and four applications have been received by the Estates Commissioners from persons applying for reinstatement as evicted tenants or the representatives of evicted tenants in county Cork. Six hundred and forty-eight of these applications have been rejected after inquiry; 194 persons have been reinstated or provided with new holdings, and 121 have been noted for consideration in the allotment of untenanted land. Four thousand six hundred and forty-five acres of untenanted land have up to the present been acquired by the Commissioners in that county.