§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what steps, if any, have been taken by the Instates Commissioners to find out whether Mrs. Lewis, of Balinagar, Woodford, county Galway, is prepared to negotiate terms of sale with a view to the reinstatement of the evicted tenants.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they are at present in communication with the agent of the estate referred to, with the view of purchasing the lands concerned, under the provisions of Section 6 of the Act.