§ MR. DUFFYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Congested Districts Board recently purchased a large grazing farm at Gloves, near Athenry; and, if so, whether, seeing that the attention of the Congested Districts Board his been repeatedly drawn to the condition of a number of poor tenants who reside on the bog at Gloves, and that a memorial had been forwarded by them to the Congested Districts Board requesting that the untenanted lands recently purchased should be divided amongst them, it is the intention of the Board to dispose of these lands amongst the poor farmers living in the district.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am informed that the lands at Gloves occupied by the tenants in question have not been purchased by the Board, and that these lands are not in a congested district. The Board intend to provide for the tenants on the lands which they purchased and to utilise the remainder for purposes of migration from a congested district. Congestion outside scheduled districts can be dealt with by the Estates Commissioners.