§ MR. D. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, can he state what has caused the delay in the sale of Raconfield Estate, county Monaghan, to the tenants; is he aware that these tenants, in July, 1897, through their solicitor and the solicitor for the landlady, signed an agreement to buy at sixteen years' purchase; and that the landlady now writes to them demanding a 1236 year and a half's rent before completing the purchase, although they paid all arrears up to November, 1896, preparatory for the sale; and is this a case in which the Land Commission can interfere?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThere appears to be no estate in the county Monaghan known by the name of Raconfield, though there is a property known as the Rathconnell estate. The agent of this estate states, however, that there are no sales contemplated on it.