§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he will grant a Return showing the names of the purchasers under the Land Act, 1903, of 860 acres of the Cusack Estate, and how many of these purchasers are themselves evicted tenants or the sons of evicted tenants on this property; and whether, seeing the difficulty of procuring untenanted lands in county Longford for the settlement of evicted tenants in that county, he will represent to the Estates Commissioners the inadvisability of accepting the offers of graziers or large farmers for any portion of this estate.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThis estate, I have already informed the hon. Member, is administered in the Land Judge's Court. The solicitors having carriage of the proceedings propose to apply to the Land Judge for an Order authorising the Estates Commissioners to issue a request under Section 7 of the Act of last year with a view to their making an offer for the purchase of the property. The matter has not, therefore, yet been brought before the Commissioners.
§ MR. J. P. FARRELLThis request will shut out the evicted tenants. Will the right hon. Gentleman take action accordingly?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!