§ Mr. KELLYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that, in allocating the untenanted land on the Stewart estate, county Donegal, one of the successful applicants is an ex-policeman who already held eleven acres of land and has sub-let a portion of his new holding, and that almost all the other successful applicants are persons without means: of farming or labouring the land; and what means have the Commissioners taken to ensure that these persons will be able to till their holdings and so add to the available food stocks of the country?
§ Mr. DUKEAn ex-policeman is the occupier of a small farm on the property. The Estates Commissioners have no information as regards the allegation that he has sub-let portion of his allotment. The allottees comprise the former herd, six occupiers of small holdings, and the son of the occupier of a small farm on the property. The latter is a wounded soldier, who has been discharged on pension from the Army, and his relatives will assist in the working of his land.