§ MR. REDDY (King's County, Birr)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give the date on which negotiations were opened between the Estates Commissioners and Major Armstrong for the sale of his estate at Claremont, Banagher; whether an inspector visited the lands 867 last October; and whether an arrangement has been come to as to price, and what are the terms.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners opened negotiations with Major Armstrong in June, 1906, and received their inspector's report on the estate in the following November. They have since had the matter under consideration, and are now about to make an offer for the estate.