§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether ho is aware that, in the sale of the Macgillycuddy estate, Beaufort, Kerry, sale is refused to Mrs. Elizabeth Joy, of Ardraw, because her husband refuses to give up a small parcel of land which he has held for thirty-six years; that an agreement for purchase
† See (4) Debates, clix., 44.716 was signed by Mrs. E. Joy for her farm in November, 1901, and an annuity on the purchase money at the rate of 4 per cent. paid since then by her regularly; and that, now in order to coerce her husband to give up his legal rights, she has been threatened with a writ for £97, the difference between her old rent and the annuity since 1901, while, in reality, nothing is duo from her; and whether ho proposes to take any, and, if any, what stops in the matter.
ME. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that eighty-one agreements for purchase, dated April 25th last, have recently been lodged with them in respect of the Macgillycuddy estate. No agreement in the case of Mrs. Joy has been lodged cither with the Estates Commissioners or, prior to the Act of 1903, with the Land Commission; and no annuity or interest has therefore been collected by either body. The Estates Commissioners have no information that Mrs. Joy signed an agreement for purchase in 1901, nor have they any knowledge of the differences alleged to exist between her and the owner. The Commissioners, however, will, when dealing with the estate, inquire as to the exclusion of Mrs. Joy from the proceedings for sale.