§ MR. DUFFYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners received a communication from a large body of tenants, residing at Roo, tenants or annuitants to the Land Commmission, pointing out that their holdings were entirely uneconomic, and asking the Commissioners to use their friendly offices with Mr. Taylor, of Castle Taylor, Gort, for the purpose of having their small holdings enlarged out of the untenanted lands in his possession in the neighbourhood; whether this communication was forwarded to the Commissioners on April 4th; and will he state when a reply may be expected.
† See Col. 455.1250 (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received the communication referred to. The Commissioners have made a provisional otter for the purchase of 600 acres of untenanted land on the estate referred to, and if they should acquire the land, the application of the tenants referred to will be considered when the land is being divided.