§ MR. REDDY (King's County, Birr)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have made arrangements with Mr. Lloyd, the owner of the Derry McEdmond property, 737 situated in the barony of Clonlish, King's County, to purchase this estate; whether he is aware that the former tenant, Amos Palmer Doolan, paid £143 per annum rent for this holding, and that it is now let to a man named Friend, who became the tenant in 1903, at the annual rent of £75 a year; and will he say how much money the Estates. Commissioners can advance to Friend should he desire to purchase; and whether, taking all the circumstances into consideration, the Estates Commissioners will take steps to secure the restoration of Amos Palmer Doolan to his former holding.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The facts appear to be as stated. The question of making the advance of £2,000, applied for by Mr. Friend, is still under consideration by the Commissioners, who expect to give their ruling thereon at an early date.