§ MR. LUNDONTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland can he say how matters in regard to sale and purchase stand at present between Mr. Stafford Delmege and his tenants on the lands of Garryspillane, Glenbrohane, and the other townlands adjacent to Knocklong, county Limerick; can he say does any person hold from the 811 agents, the Messrs. Sanders, of Charleville, a tenancy on the 145 acres on the Garryspillane side of the property, apparently untenanted, and, if so, what is his name and what is the nature of his tenancy, whether judicial or on the eleven months' system are the smaller tenancies, about eleven in number, established about two years since, merely tentative and conditional, or are they on judicial rents; and how are matters in general between the owners and the tenants.
§ MR. BIRRELLPurchase agreements in respect of thirty holdings on this estate wore lodged with the Estates Commissioners in April last. The estate includes forty-eight acres of land described as being in the owner's hands, which it is proposed to sell as parcels. No purchase agreement has been lodged in respect of any holding of 145 acres. Twenty-five of the agreements lodged relate to judicial tenancies, and of these twelve were created since January, 1901. The Commissioners will inquire into all the circumstances of the estate before sanctioning the advances applied for.