§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)I beg to to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether an offer has been made to or negotiations opened up with the Estates Commissioners 361 by Mr. J. D. O'Connor, Ballagh House, Roscommon, for the sale of a portion of his estate in the parish of Kilgefin; and whether, before coming to any decision, the Commissioners will consider the necessity of having included in the sale the entire of the tenanted and untenanted land on the estate.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they are unable to trace any proceedings in respect of the sale of the estate in question.