§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the tenants on the Warrenscourt estate, in the division of Mid-Cork, signed their purchase agreements on the 1st June, 1904; have they yet received their vesting orders, and, if not, what steps do the Estates Commissioners propose to take to expedite the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that the agreements for purchase in this case, though dated 1st June, 1904, were not lodged till February, 1905. The agreements are now being checked preparatory to an inspection of the lands, which will, it is expected, take place at an early date.