§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether untenanted land on the Longfield Estate, at Callow, near Frenchpark, in the county of Roscommon, has been offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board; and, if so, what is the date of the offer; whether, and, if so, when the estate has been inspected on behalf of the Board; whether, in reply to the offer of the owner, any offer has been made by the owner; 656 and whether steps will be taken to expedite the purchase of this land by the Board in view of the possibility of its being let for grazing for the coming summer.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe reply to the first inquiry is in the negative.