§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether any negotiations have yet been set on foot or opened with Colonel Dopping Hepen-stall for the purchase of his estate at Derrycassan by the Estates Commissioners; and, if so, whether the applications of the thirteen evicted tenants on this estate for restoration to their former or equivalent holdings will be favourably considered.
§ MR. WALTER LONGNo proceedings for the sale of this estate have yet been instituted before the Commissioners.