MR. NOLANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say at what stage the negotiations for the sale of the Massereene Estate and the restoration of the evicted tenants has arrived; whether any obstacle has intervened; and, if so, whether anything can be done to remove it.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) It is understood that negotiations are proceeding between the landlord and the tenants, but no proceedings for sale have been instituted before the Estates Commissioners.