§ MR. HAMMOND (Carlow)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he would cause inquiry to be made with regard to the holding of Patrick Fitzpatrick on the Campbell estate, at Wells, Carlow county, lately sold under the Act of 1903, by which sale Fitzpatrick remains as a sub-tenant under judicial lease, with Mr. Edward Drea as landlord; and would the Commissioners withhold payment of purchase money until this Fitzpatrick case will have been fully investigated by them.
Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners will, before sanctioning the advance applied for by Edward Drea, make inquiry into the question relating to Fitzpatrick's sub-tenancy.