MR, FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether representations to the Estates Commissioners have been made by Mr. James Murphy, solicitor, Tralee, in letters dated 9th December, 1904, and 24th January, 1905, on behalf of Messrs. John Egan, Michael Fitzgerald, Garnett Fitzgerald, and John O'Donnell, tenants 1007 on the estate of Lindsay Talbot Crosbie, of Ardfert, North Kerry, asking that the sale of their holdings to them should not be sanctioned until an inspector visits their land in connection with the flooding thereof; if so, whether the inspector has visited the farms; and, if so, with what result.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they received communications from Mr. Murphy to the effect stated in the Question, and caused their inspector to visit the holding and report to them upon the matter. The Commissioners have since been in communication with the vendor upon the subject, but have not yet arrived at a final decision.