§ MR. KETTLE (Tyrone, E.)To ask the. Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that negotiations for the sale to the tenants of the estate managed by Judge Ross's Court in the townlands of Tolvin and Tullyodonnell, 856 near Cookstown, county Tyrone, were opened two years ago; that an agreement was arrived at with regard to terms, but that since that time the tenants have received no communication on the matter from either the receiver. Major Alexander, or the Land Commission; and, inasmuch as the estate has been in Chancery for more than twenty years, will he endeavour to have an offer made to Judge Ross by the Estates Commissioners so that the land may be transferred to the tenants.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have recently made an offer to the Land Judge for the purchase of the estate in question, and the offer will be considered by the learned Judge in due course.