§ MR. DUFFYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners has been directed to the circumstances attending the sale of the Cooks Town farm, near Gort, belonging to Mr. Edward Martyn, Tullyra Castle, Ardrahan, county Galway; whether he is aware that a number of small tenants in the neighbourhood were looking forward anxiously to have their holdings enlarged out of this farm; can he say if the farm has been sold to a large holder of land in Kilbecanby, near Gort, by Mr. Martyn, to the exclusion of these small tenants; and will he, for the general peace and contentment of the people, take such stops as may be necessary not to allow this rumoured sale to go through.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that two originating 731 applications have been lodged with them by Mr. Edward Martyn for the sale of portions of his estate in county Gal way. Neither of these applications, however, comprises the lands of Cooks Town to which the Question refers, and the Commissioners are not aware of the matters stated in the Question. If further particulars should be furnished to the Commissioners they will have enquiries made as to the alleged sale of the Cooks Town farm.