§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork Co., West)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the sale of the Lands of Beach, on the White Estate, near Bantry, to Doctor Bird, J.P., brother to the receiver on the property; whether the sale has been confirmed by the Land Commission; and whether he can state approximately when the other portion of the White Estate will be disposed of to the tenants?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralNo proposal for the sale of the laneds referred to in the first paragraph has yet been brought before the Land Judge's Court. As regards the third paragraph, I am informed that in July last an order was made by the Laud Judge declaring that the circumstances of the estate were not such as to demand that the 40th Section of the Land Act of 1896 should be put into operation except in its due rotation.