§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether Miss Nixon, 328 Kingstown, is selling her property around Blacklion, in county Cavan; if so, is it proposed to sell the grazing ranches in the townlands of Neggiel and Barran, in the parish of Killinagh; who is the proposed purchaser; how much land does this man hold; is there a large amount of congestion and many uneconomic holdings right round the 700 acres the subject of this Question; and will the Estates Commissioners' attention be specially directed to this case?
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that an originating application for the sale of the estate mentioned has been lodged with them. In addition to the tenanted lands it was proposed to sell 166 acres as parcels to two persons, one of whom is an evicted tenant. The other is the son of a tenant on the estate, and the Commissioners have refused to sanction any advance unless the holding, comprising about 150 acres, which it was proposed to sell to him should be sold to the Commissioners themselves for the purpose of the enlargement of small holdings on the estate.