§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the sale of the Gore Booth estate, situate in the county of Sligo, has yet been ratified or agreed to by the Estates Commissioners; and, if not, whether, seeing that the town of Ballymote forms portion of that estate, and that the landlord agrees to sell to his town tenants, through the Estates Commissioners, the latter will be instructed to look into this matter with the view of having the proposed sale sanctioned.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe lands in the neighbourhood of Ballymote on this property have been declared an estate for the purpose of sale. But the town of Ballymote was excluded from the originating application.
§ MR. ATKINSONI must ask for notice of that.
§ MR. O'DOWDIs it not a fact that Boyle, on a neighbouring estate, has been sold, and was not Strokestown purchased by the Congested Districts Board?
§ [No Answer was returned.]