§ MR. MEAGHER (Kilkenny, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if negotiations for the purchase of the Tullarvan, county Kilkenny, estate of untenanted land of Mrs. E. A. Scully have been renewed; if so, what progress, if any, has been made; and if, owing to the want of untenanted land in that district for the purpose of supplying evicted tenants with holdings, he will use his influence so that the estate may be purchased as soon as possible.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that negotiations for the purchase by them of the estate mentioned have been renewed, and they expect to arrive at a decision in the matter, and to communicate that decision to the owner, in the course of this week.