§ MR. WILLIAM McKILLOP (Sligo, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the King Estate, situate in the parish of Templeboy, barony of Iveragh, county of Sligo, contains two grazing ranches comprising nearly one-fifth of the entire acreage of that parish, and that the landlord is desirous of retaining these ranches with the object of reselling them to non-residential graziers; and, if so, whether steps will be taken by the Estates Commissioners, before purchase negotiations are sanctioned, to ensure that these grazing farms are included in the sale, so that the uneconomic holdings in the district may be enlarged.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) No proceedings for the sale of this estate have come before the Commissioners.