§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the application made to the Estates Commissioners by James Flynn and Patrick Mullin, of Lisheenvalley, for a division of the Black Mountain, now given over to Mrs. Lopdell, he will explain why the lands are let at 1s. an acre to Mrs. Lopdell, seeing that Flynn, Mullin, and others made an offer to the Commissioners for these lands, subject to an annuity of 4s. per acre, and on the understanding that they would build houses and reside thereon.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they received no applications from the persons named, or others, for the land which is being sold to Mrs. Lopdell. This land, as I have already explained, was unsuitable for the enlargement of small holdings.