§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what proportion of the estates sold in county Longford are being inspected; whether any estate sold nominally within the zones has been actually passed by the Estates Commissioners; if so, to name the estate; and whether any inspection of any kind can now take place.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Estates Commissioners that, in respect of sales in the county Longford, agreements for purchase have been lodged as regards sixty-five estates, comprising 1,484 holdings. Of these, inspections have up to the present taken place in twenty-nine estates, comprising 993 holdings. 284 out of these 993 holdings were cases to which the provisions of Section 1 of the Act did not apply, and consequently these 284 holdings were inspected as to security. Sales have been finally completed in respect of twenty-five estates, and in four out of these twenty-five estates no inspection took place, as all the eases thereon fell within the zones. The four estates alluded to are those of Thomas McCutcheon (three holdings), Emma J. Levinge (one holding), W. H. Gregg and another (ten holdings), and L. P. Reynolds (eleven holdings). In the cases in which the sales have been completed and the holdings vested in the tenants, the matter cannot now be reopened. In cases 1013 of sales under the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of the Act, there is an inspection in respect of all holdings on the estate.