HC Deb 17 May 1904 vol 135 cc31-2
MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

To ask the Under-Secretary of; State for Foreign Affairs if he will state whether His Majesty's Government has any control over the Chartered Company of British North Borneo; whether he is aware that on 30th December last certain officers of the company, including a magistrate, visited the estate of Mr. J.

Longworth Estate in the county of Galway; and, if so, will lie direct that the holdings of those adjoining, whose valuation does not exceed £8, shall be enlarged.

(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The Longworth Estate has been purchased by the Board for the benefit of congested districts in county Galway. The Board has not yet investigated the circumstances of the small holdings adjoining the estate.