§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland can he say in what way the Synan Estate, in Carnane, in the parish of Fedamore, county Limerick, stands; in which of the courts is the case at present; has the conditional order for its sale, made long before August last, as yet been made absolute; can he say whether he can assist, through the Estates Commissioners or otherwise, in facilitating the portioning of this estate for the benefit of the labourers and small farmers on the small holdings around.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Registrar of the Land Judge's Court that the matter of the estate referred to is before that court, and that the conditional order for sale has not yet been made absolute. The solicitor who is in charge of the proceedings for sale is at present negotiating with the owners with a view to having the proceedings in the Land Judge's Court dismissed, in order that the sale may be carried out through the Land Commission. If these negotiations should prove ineffective the solicitor intends, as soon as may be possible, to apply that the conditional order be made absolute.