§ MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state what action the Irish Government propose to take with reference to insolvent 363 property in the Land Judge's Court for sale, but which the Land Judge refuses to sell at the value ascertained by competent inspectors on behalf of the Estates Commissioners.
MR. BRYCEI understand that under all the Land Purchase Acts affecting estates in the Land Judge's Court the Land Judge is the supreme determining authority, both in case of solvent and insolvent estates, as to the price. The learned Judge informs me that he arrives at his decision in each case after hearing evidence on both sides, and that there are very few cases in which he has been unable to come to terms with the Land Commission, He has in several cases, under Section 40 of the Land Act of 1896, lowered the purchase price suggested by the Commissioners.