§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that Mr. A. V. 1544 Montgomery offered, ten years ago, to sell his interest to his tenants at Riverdale, Killucan, at twenty years purchase of the rents, no bonus being then available, and that he now offers to sell, under the Land Act of 1903, the same interest to the same tenants at more than twenty-seven years purchase, which, with the bonus added, exceeds thirty years' purchase of the rents, or an increase of ten years purchase on his former demand; and whether he proposes to take any steps, by legislation or otherwise, to deal with such cases.
MR. BRYCEI am informed by the Estates Commissioners that no proceedings for the sale of this estate have been instituted before them, and that they have no knowledge of the matters alleged in the Question.