§ MR. YOUNG (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the delay complained of by the tenants and owners of land in Ireland in carrying out the Land Purchase Acts (Ireland), whether his attention has been called to the estate of Rev. Edward S. Reilly, in Chancery, near Kingscourt; whether he is aware that a number of tenants on that estate have agreed with the landlords to purchase at a price already fixed, and have lodged with the Land Commission the usual affidavits under the Land Purchase Acts, and no Court valuer has since been sent to inspect the holdings; and if he can state the cause of delay or say when the Court valuer will come down to inspect these holdings.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe estate referred to is for sale in the Land Judge's Court, and in nine cases, by applications lodged with the Land Commissioners so recently as the 15th of March last, the tenants have applied for advances to enable them to purchase their holdings in that Court. Two similar applications were also lodged on the 27th of the same month. The cases have been referred to one of the Commissioners' inspectors, but owing to the number of cases on his hands he has not yet been able to visit the holdings. This will be done by him at the earliest possible opportunity.