§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of estates of which Trinity College is head landlord in regard to which agreements for sale and purchase have been lodged with the Estates Commissioners under the Land Act of 1903; the number of holdings on these estates; the counties in which they are situated; and the terms of sale in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Estates Commissioners that in order to prepare the Return asked for it would be necessary to take from the Report of the Trinity College Estates Commission a list of the estates of which the college is the head landlord, and to compare this list with the estates which have come before them for sale. The labour involved would be considerable, and as the Estates Commissioners' staff is already fully employed I am loth to impose additional burdens upon it. If, however, the hon. Member should think it a matter of importance to have the information for which he asks I would endeavour to have it prepared; but it would scarcely be ready until after the Easter vacation.