§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIENTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have taken any action with regard to the purchase by them of the grazing lands, containing about 2,500 acres, situate in the parishes of Bourney and Killavinogue, near Roscrea, in the county of Tipperary, the property of Surgeon-General Roe.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that, on being approached, Surgeon-General Roe expressed his willingness to negotiate for a sale of his untenanted land, and his agent was requested to lodge a map and certificate of valuation with a view to a preliminary inspection. It was subsequently proposed that the tenanted lands should also be included in the inspection, and on the 11th instant the agent was informed that in these circumstances an originating request, with maps and schedules, should be lodged. These documents have not yet been received by the Estates Commissioners.