§ MR. DUFFY (Galway. S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that negotiations have been commenced for the purchase of the Dombsy Estate, near Athenry, and are concluded; and, if so, whether, seeing that mostly all the holdings on the property are uneconomic, will he advise the Estates Commissioners to refuse to sanction the sale until such time as the untenanted lands of the neighbourhood are made available for the enlargement of the small holdings.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThis property has not, yet been brought before the Commissioners. In any case they will discharge their duties in accordance with the provisions of the law, and I cannot undertake to advise them as suggested in the Question.