§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say what progress has been made by the Estates Commissioners with regard to the purchase of the untenanted land on the Synan estate, situate at Carnane, near Fedamore, in the county of Limerick; whether the purchase price has been agreed on; and, if so, will the lands be soon divided.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners made a provisional offer last month for the purchase of the untenanted land on the Carnane portion of this estate, but the owner has postponed his decision upon the offer until the Commissioners shall have inspected the remainder of the estate in other parts of the county, and have made a proposal for the purchase of the entire estate.