§ SIR WALTER NUGENT (Westmeath, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say why two evicted tenants, on the estate of H. A. S. Upton, Coolatoor, Moate, have been excluded in the sale of that estate, although the landlord is desirous that they should be included as purchasers, at a price to be fixed by the Estates Commissioners.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have made an offer for the purchase of the holdings from which the tenants referred to were evicted, but the owner has declined to accept the price offered. The Commissioners are therefore unable to take any further steps in the matter at present.