§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork County, N.E.)I beg to ask the Chief 902 Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have under consideration certain agreements to purchase their holdings obtained from the tenants on the Kingston Estate, Mitchelstown, and if, before a final sanction is given to those agreements, an inquiry will be made into the circumstances under which they were entered into; and if he will state whether any application to divide the estate into sections has been made; and, if so, what decision have the Estates Commissioners arrived at in the matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMFour hundred and twenty-five agreements have been lodged with the Commissioners. The vendor has also lodged originating applications to have the lands declared five separate estates for the purposes of sale. No decision has been arrived at by the Commissioners. I see no necessity for suggesting any special course to them in respect of this estate.