§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state the grounds on which the Estates Commissioners have declined to reinstate the representatives of Thomas Neary to a holding on the Moran estate, Carn, Erris, county Mayo, from which Neary was evicted for the non-payment of one and a half year's rent in 1881, the holding having been continuously in the occupation of his family for more than 100 years; if he is aware that the estate has now been purchased by the Congested Districts Board, and that the former Neary holding is still unoccupied except as a grazing farm; and if he will now represent to the Estates Commissioners or to the Congested Districts Board that this claim should be reconsidered in view of the need of the Neary family and of the fact that the Board have now at their disposal a large area of land on the Moran estate available for distribution.
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners received an application from Thomas Neary (since deceased) for reinstatement in a holding formerly occupied by him on the estate of Mrs. Moran, and after inquiry decided not to take any action in the matter. This estate has been purchased by the Congested Districts Board, who will make further inquiries into Neary's case.