§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the circumstances under which a gamekeeper became purchaser of a non-agricultural holding situate in a congested district near Aclare, County Sligo; whether the purchase-money, amounting to hundreds of pounds, was advanced by the Land Commission; and, if so, whether it is usual for the Land Commission to make such advances to persons in such a position, who have had no previous connection with the localities in which they purchase.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe purchaser in question was tenant of the lands purchased. The Land Commission report there were no grounds for refusing to make the loan, as the security for the advance was considered ample.