§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the tenants on Lord Orkney's estate, at Castle Iney, county Tipperary, signed their purchase agreements on the understanding that the turbary was to be divided equally amongst them, and that the solicitor acting for the tenants, Mr. Ryan, received a letter from the solicitor for the landlord, Mr. Lyster, previous to the signing of agreements, stating that the turbary was to be sold to the Estates Commi sioners for the purpose mentioned, and will he say if this turbary has been acquired by the Estates Commissioners, is it to be distributed evenly amongst the purchasing tenants, and what steps have been taken s nee the negotiations were completed in 1904 to distribute this portion of the estate amongst the tenants.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce) The Estates Commissioners inform me that proceedings for the sale of this estate are before them, but that the property has not yet been inspected on their behalf. The matters of fact alleged n he Question will be inquired into when the inspection is being made, but the Commissioners have no present knowledge on the subject. No part of the property has been acquired by the Estates Commissioner.