§ MR. O'KELLY (Mayo, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of estates or untenanted farms purchased by the Congested Districts Board in unscheduled districts since the Congested Districts Act of 1901 was passed; and the number of cases in which, in respect to such estates or untenanted farms, the Congested Districts Board requested the Lord-Lieutenant to exercise the power conferred upon him by the 3rd Section of said Act.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The number of estates and untenanted farms purchased is thirty-eight. The number referred to in the second inquiry is one. In the case of untenanted farms it is not necessary for the Board's purpose to put into 465 force the powers of Section 3. This is only necessary in the case of tenants or tenant purchasers to whom the Board desire to give additional land for the enlargement of uneconomic holdings situated in non-congested districts.