To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that Robert Devereux, Battlestown, Duncannon, applied to the Estates Commissioners for restoration to one or other of the farms from which he was evicted; if the Estates Commissioners have considered his application; and do they propose restoring either of his farms to him.

The Estates Commissioners have inquired into the application and have ascertained that the evictions took place more than twenty-five years before the passing of the Act of 1903. The applicant, therefore, does not come within the provisions of Section 2 of the Act.