§ MR. SWIFT MACNE1LL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he canst ate approximately the date on which 155 the Conolly Estate, Ballyshannon, will be sold to the tenants, who are about to become purchasers of their holdings under the fortieth section of The Irish Land Act, 1896, the land judge having requested the Land Commission upwards of a year ago to have the estate valued with a view to the sale thereof to the tenants; whether he is aware that the receiver and solicitor having carriage of the sale applied for the adjournment of the hearing of applications by tenants on this estate to have fair rents fixed at the last sitting of the Land Commission in Ballyshannon, on the ground that the fixing of rents would delay the sale; and, whether any measures will be taken to expedite the sale to the tenants of this estate.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe inspection of this estate has presented many difficulties owing to the numerous subdivisions and the nature of the tenancies. It is expected, however, that the inspection will be completed before the end of May. Every expedition will be used to conclude the preliminary steps at as early a date as possible, but it is not possible to state, even approximately, when this event will be reached. Several fair rent applications were adjourned for the reason stated.