§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the tenants on the J. W. Leahy Estate, at Aghatubrid, near Cahirciveen, who signed purchase agreements under threat of legal proceedings by the landlord, have been notified by the Estates Commissioners that they will not declare it an estate for the purposes of the Act; and whether, in view of the fact that the tenants are now free to open negotiations de novo for the purchase of their holdings, and have sent a memorial to the Estates Commissioners asking them to purchase the estate, and have expressed their willingness to abide by the valuation of the Commissioners, by whom the estate was inspected last July, he will ask the Commissioners to undertake the purchase of this estate.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that it is the case that they have refused to declare the lands comprised in the purchase agreements in question to be an estate for the purposes of the Act. The Commissioners, however, have expressed their willingness to make an offer for the purchase of the lands, provided that the vendor shall signify his consent to sell the estate to them under Section 6 of the Act. The negotiations have not yet concluded.
§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the tenants on the J. W. Leahy Estate at Ballycarberry, near Cahirciveen, have memorialised the Estates Commissioners with a view to the purchase of their holdings; and whether the question of this purchase will be considered by the Commissioners at the same time as the purchase of the rest of the estate at Aghatubrid.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received a memorial from the tenants on the 1191 Ballycarbery portion of the estate of MR. J. W. Leahy. The matter of this memorial will be duly inquired into by the inspector when he visits the other portion of the estate which the Commissioners have offered to purchase.