§ DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether negotiations are going on between a grazier and the owner of a grazing farm called Errieff, on the Phibbs estate in the parish of Keelogues, near Castlebar, county Mayo, with a view to the purchase of this farm; is be aware of the number of many small uneconomic 1398 holdings in the vicinity of this farm; and will he see that it is purchased, either by the Congested Districts Board or the Estates Commissioners, for the benefit of those people who live on uneconomic holdings.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I have no information as to any negotiations for purchase which may be proceeding in this case. The property has not been offered to the Congested Districts Board, but the Board will, at their next meeting, consider the question whether they should make an offer for purchase.