§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that negotiations for the purchase of the Wynn Estate, Glenbeigh, county Kerry, were opened between the landlord's representatives and the tenants last summer; that it was decided by both parties that the sale should be conducted through the Congested Districts Board; that the negotiations have fallen through because of the interpretation put by the Board on Section 44 of the Land Act of 1903; and can he state whether the Board are entitled, after purchase from the owner of a congested estate, to sell to the tenants at a loss not exceeding 10 per cent.
§ MR. ATKINSONThis estate has not been offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board. The section quoted does not apply to the operations of the Board, who in dealing with an estate may incur any loss which they may consider necessary.