§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in the matter of the Keown Boyd Estate, county Down, the Land Judge accepted the offer of the tenants to purchase in November, 1903; and if he can state the cause of the delay in having the purchase completed.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) No, Sir, but the Land Judge approved of terms on which the tenants were to repurchase from the Estates Commissioners if the latter should acquire the estate. The making of a formal offer for the estate has been held over, so that two tenants who had not signed undertakings to purchase might have an opportunity of doing so. The Commissioners expect to make shortly an offer to the Land Judge.