§ MR. CULLINAN (Tipperary, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how many owners of untenanted lands in South Tipperary have been approached by the Estates Commissioners with the object of purchasing the lands; whether they have succeeded in purchas- 1548 ing many such farms; and, if not, whether he will state the cause.
MR. BEYCEI am informed by the Estates Commissioners that proceedings are pending for the purchase by them of 1,461 acres of untenanted land the property of E. Downes Martin, and of 305 acres the property of T. L. Atthill. The Commissioners have purchased fifty acres on the estate of Mrs. Gaussen; and two other owners have refused the Commissioners' offers for the purchase of 270 and forty-seven acres, respectively.