§ CAPTAIN M'CALMONT (Antrim, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How it comes that a delay of over six months occurs in connection with sales under Lord Ashbourne's Act, during which time no information is vouchsafed to the parties interested, although tenants and landlords have, in the first instance, agreed as to the terms and manner of sale?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said: The Land Commissioners report that when agreements for sale are lodged with them, and the parties comply with any preliminary requisitions, the Commissioners at once proceed with the case, and notify to the parties whether the application for advance has been provisionally sanctioned or refused. In no case has there been any such delay in those preliminary inquiries as that alleged in the hon. Member's Question. When advances are sanctioned the subsequent proceedings depend upon the manner in which the title is presented, the nature of the case, and the state of business; but the solicitor, or any person interested, can always ascertain the exact position of the proceedings. The requisition on title, and all other requisitions of the Commissioners, are communicated at once to the solicitor engaged in the case.