§ Captain SHEEHANasked whether as the case of Timothy Murphy, evicted tenant an the Thompson-Orpen estate, at 2413W Millstreet, county Cork, and on whose behalf a petition was sent to the Lord Lieutenant, the Estates Commissioners may not be asked to open up negotiations with the owners or the agent, Mr. A. M. Barton, The Bush, Antrim, with a view to a settlement; whether the evicted tenant informed the police-sergeant who inquired into his case at the request of the Lord Lieutenant, that he was quite willing to submit his claim for reinstatement to arbtiration, and to abide by any valuation 2414W put upon his farm by a land commission valuator; whether a protection hut has been built upon the farm during the past few weeks; at whose expense this was done and who is at present occupying the farm of the evicted tenant at Coolikerane?
Mr. SAMUELThe Estates Commissioners are not prepared to interfere in this case. A protection post was formed on this farm in 1908, but it is not true that a hut was built there recently. The farm is at present occupied by a caretaker.