HC Deb 25 June 1906 vol 159 cc592-3
MR. DOLAN (Leitrim, N.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the sale of the Clements Estate at Manorhamilton, county Leitrim, under the Land Act of 1903, has been completed; is he aware that on the 22nd February last the † See (4) Debates, clviii., 1344. rural district council of Manorhamilton adopted a resolution requesting the landlord to sell a grazing farm at Skreeny, included in the estates to the Estate Commissioners, with the view of providing sites for houses for the working classes in the town of Manorhamilton; has that resolution been considered by the Estates Commissioners; and. if not, would he have the circumstances investigated before the advance of the purchase money on this estate.

(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that the purchase agreements in respect of this estate have only now been lodged with them, and that consequent y the sale will not be completed for a considerable time. The Commissioners have not received the resolution referred to, but will be prepared, when dealing with the estate, to consider any application upon the subject which they may receive.