§ MR. MURNAGHAN (Tyrone, Mid)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that efforts are being made by the tenants on the property of Sir John Stewart, situate at Carrickmore, county Tyrone, to buy out their holdings under the Land Purchase Act, 1903, and that when application for terms was made to the owner he declined to state them, and referred the tenants to the agent of the Gresham Assurance Company for a reply; and, if so, can he state the purport of the reply, the number of years purchase asked, and what progress, if any, in the direction of a sale is being made.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) I understand that the tenants on this property are desirous of purchasing their holdings. I have no information, however, on the other matters referred to in the Question. No application has been made to the Estates Commissioners in respect of the sale of the estate.