§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELL (Mayo, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that there is a. tract of grazing land on the Clanmorris estate, in the Ballinrobe Union, county Mayo, which is suitable for tillage purposes, still in the hands of the Estates Commissioners and undivided; that over 100 young men and women emigrated this year from the district immediately surrounding this 33 grazing ranch, many of whom could be accommodated thereon; and, if so, whether he will take steps to have this part of the estate broken up into suitable sized holdings, and thereby complete the good work done by the transfer of the rest of the estate from the landlord to the tenants.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have purchased 140 acres of untenanted land on the estate of Lord Clanmorris. An action at the suit of Lord Clanmorris and others has been instituted in the Chancery Division with the object of compelling the Commissioners to sell the lands in question to Messrs. Good and Black, and until this action has been decided it is not possible for the Commissioners to arrange for the distribution of the lands.