§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the result of the negotiations between the Estates Commissioners and Mrs. Perry-Knox-Gore for the purchase of the latter's property at Ardagh, Ballina, county Mayo.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that in July last they approached Mrs. Perry Knox-Gore with a view to the purchase of her untenanted land in county Mayo. Mrs. Knox-Gore has intimated her willingness to sell to the Commissioners, and the matter is new under their consideration.