§ DR. ROBERT AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will grant the Motion for a Return of all communications entered into by the Congested Districts Board with Irish landlords or graziers with a view of obtaining land for the purposes of migration or enlargement of holdings?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe correspondence referred to is of a private character, and it would be altogether improper to lay it on the Table of the House. Moreover, such a proceeding would, in all probability, seriously prejudice any negotiations of a similar kind into which the Congested Districts Board might wish to enter hereafter.