§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the management of the Cusack, County Longford, Estate, and the treatment of the tenants thereon; and, will he direct the attention of the Land Commission to this estate with a view to the putting in operation of the 40th section of the Act of 1896, so that the usual request for sale shall be issued immediately.
§ MR. WYNDHAMMr. Justice Ross recently animadverted on the treatment of the tenants on this estate by its former owner. The property is now administered in the court of the land judge and was placed in charge of a receiver in April last. It rests with the land judge, not the Land Commission, to take the initiative in obtaining a request under the 40th Section. I am 675 informed that the proceedings in the land judge's court have not yet reached the stage at which it would be possible to determine whether the provisions of that section are applicable to the estate in question.
§ MR. J. P. FARRELLCan the right hon. Gentleman take any action to expedite the proceedings in the Land Judge's Court?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI do not think it is within my province to interfere.