§ MR. GINNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the dates upon which the Estates Commissioners have written asking Mr. Richard Gradwell, of Dowth Hall, Drogheda, to sell to them his evicted and untenanted lands in Westmeath; the date of Mr. Gradwell's reply, if any; and have the Commissioners any prospect of acquiring those lands or any portion of them.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners communicated with Mr. Gradwell on 24th July last and again on 30thJanuary, inquiring whether he would be prepared to sell his untenanted land. The Commissioners have not yet received any reply.