§ MR.LUNDON (Limerick, E.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland, is he aware that the estate of Mr. Robert Jevers, of county Limerick, is up for sale in the court of Mr. Justice Ross; does he know whether any bid has been made for it as yet; and, if so, by whom, and what is the amount of it; can he say 926 whether the notice of sale has been brought before the Estates Commissioners with a view to their purchasing it in the public interest for the benefit of the evicted tenants, small farmers, and labourers of the district; is he aware that a brother of the owner, by name William Jevers, is an evicted tenant, having been evicted off the Langford property convenient; and, if so, will he recommend to the Estates Commissioners that William Jevers will have the first claim for a farm on the estate of his father and brother of equal area to that from which he was evicted.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe estate was offered for sale in the Land Judge's Court on the 1st instant. An offer of £3,250 was made and was considered insufficient. A motion on behalf of the owner was thereupon made to the Court that an application be made to the Estates Commissioners to issue a request under the 7th Section of the Act of 1903, and the solicitor having carriage of the sale was authorised to make such application. I am inquiring whether the matter has been brought before the Commissioners.