§ MR. P. A. MCHUGH (Sligo, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that untenanted lands belonging to Mr. Boyd, at Castleconnor, county Sligo, have, at the landlord's request, been inspected by order of the Estates Commissioners, and that the Estates Commissioners intimated to Mr. Boyd the price which they would be prepared to give for the untenanted lands, and that Mr. Boyd declined to accept such price; whether he is aware that Mr. Boyd recently sold the untenanted lands in lots and created present tenancies, with the object of having the recently untenanted lands sold to the new tenants under the Land Act of 1903; and can he say whether, in this case, the purchase money will be advanced by the Estates Commissioners in the event of an agreement being come to by the owner and the new tenants for a sale under the provisions of the Land Act of 1903.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the facts are as stated in the first part of this Question. The Commissioners are not aware of any subsequent proceedings in respect of the estate mentioned. If proceedings for the; sale of any of the lands to newly created j tenants should be instituted before the Commissioners they will, when considering the question whether they will declare the lands to be an estate, have due regard to the circumstances under which such new tenancies wore created.