§ MR. CONOR O'KELLYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have approached Mrs. Perry-Knox-Gore, the owner of the Crannagh farm at Ardagh, Ballina, county Mayo (which it was proposed some time ago 487 to dispose of by public auction), with a view to the purchase by the Commissioners of the Crannagh farm and the occupied portion of the Perry-Knox-Gore property; and, if so, with what result.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that no proceedings for the sale of the property referred to have been instituted before them and they have not yet approached the owner upon the subject of purchase, but are now about to do so.