§ MR. P. C. DOOGAN (Tyrone, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the tenants on the Fermanagh estate of the Commissioners of Education petitioned some time ago for the sale of their holdings to the occupiers, and that the Estate Committee of Enniskillen recommended the adoption of that course in the interests of the fund for educational purposes; and whether the prayer of the memorial and the recommendation of the Estate Committee will be acceded to?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURA memorial to the effect stated was received by the Commissioners in November of last year, and the Estate Committee expressed approval of the principle of sale to the tenants at a fair purchase, to be mutually agreed upon. The question of sale is now under the consideration of the Commissioners.
§ MR. DOOGANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the gross rental of the Fermanagh School Estate, and what is the annual cost of management?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe gross rental of this estate for the year ended November 1896 was £1,944 10s., and the cost of estate management in the same period was about £120.