§ MR. DUFFYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether a request was made to the Estates Commissioners by Lord Ardilaun to purchase the grazing lands of Slieverue, Moyode, and Athenry; and having regard to the urgency of dealing with a large number of small cotter tenants living on two and three acres of land in the district of Moyode, will he instruct the Commissioners to proceed with all possible despatch to the consideration of Lord Ardilaun's request.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that in June last they approached Lord Ardilaun as to the sale of his untenanted land, and in September last his agent lodged with them a map of the townlands of Moyode and Moyode Demesne, comprising 1,425 acres of untenanted land. The Commissioners have ordered a preliminary inspection, and as soon as the inspectors report has been received they will consider the question of making an offer for purchase.