§ MR. MURNAGHAN (Tyrone, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the Estates Commissioners purchased recently from Dr. Joyce, J.P., Carrick-more, county Tyrone, a farm of sixty-nine acres for the purpose of transferring it to a Mr. Dunlop, from county Donegal, and that Dunlop refuses to pay instalments because the arable acreage is less than represented by the vendor; and will he say if the farm was inspected and mapped and extent of arable ground stated thereon; what is the Poor Law valuation and the amount of the purchase money; and whether, in view of the second inspection made at the request of Dunlop, will he state whether the second inspector's report bears out the contention of Dunlop that the arable acreage is less than represented by the vendor.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Estates Commissioners were not the purchasers in this case; Mr. Dunlop purchased direct from the vendor. The Commissioners had the lands inspected, with the object of satisfying themselves as to the security, and, being so satisfied, they sanctioned the advance. Dunlop has raised objection to pay the annuity upon the grounds stated, but the Commissioners cannot entertain this objection, and proceedings are being taken for the recovery of the amount due.
‡ See (4) Debates, cxliv., 307.§ See (4) Debates, cxlv., 51.