§ MR. FLAVINTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state when the agreement entered into by the tenants on the estate of Lindsey Talbot Crosbie, of Arafert, county Kerry, was filed; and whether he can state when the holdings will be vested in the tenants.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that the purchase agreements in respect of this estate were lodged with them in July, 1904. Twenty-eight of the holdings have since been vested in the purchasers, and the vesting of the remainder has been stayed pending the decision of the Judicial Commissioner on a question as to the legality of adding arrears of rent to the purchase money of holdings.