§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELL (Mayo, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that application has been made to the Land Commission by James Brannick, Scaurdaun, Claremorris, for an advance of money to enable him to purchase a large grazing farm at Brize, near Claremorris, county Mayo, and which has been let for grazing purposes for some years past; and can he state the amount applied for, and whether it has been granted.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMI am informed that no such application has been made.
§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a grazing farm, the property of Mr. Alexander Martyn, Ballinrobe, situated at Brize, near Claremorris, is about to be sold; and whether, with a view of relieving the congestion in the district in which the farm is situated in Mayo, by purchase of this farm for purposes of redistribution among the people, he will urge the Congested Districts Board 1003 to open negotiations immediately with Mr. Martyn towards that end.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe purchase of this farm is already the subject of negotiation between the Congested Districts Board and Mr. Martyn.