§ MR. LARDNER (Monaghan, N.)I bog to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners are about to take over the Ancketill Grove demesne on the estate of C. K. Cordner, county Monaghan, for the purpose of dividing it into holdings; if so, will he see that steps are taken to give preference to evicted tenants who formerly held farms, sons of tenants, and tenant purchasers, under the early Purchase Acts, of small holdings on the Ancketill Grove estate, of which this demesne formed part; and will he further 783 state how it is proposed to deal with the residence in the demesne.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that their inspector is at present inquiring into the claims of all applicants for the untenanted land referred to in the Question. When the inspector's report has been received, the Commissioners will, before preparing a scheme for the division of the land, give full consideration to the claims of the several classes of persons mentioned in the Question. The Commissioners have not yet arrived at a decision as to the disposal of the residence on the estate.