§ MR. LUNDONTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that Sir Charles Barrington, baronet, of Glenstal, county Limerick, a few years since sold some of his property to his tenants, and is now again in negotiation with the tenants on another portion of his estates; and will he instruct the Estates Commissioners to approach him on the sale to them of the lands of Culnahilla, so as to plant thereon his evicted tenants, Messrs. Ryan, Kelt, M'Knight, and others holding uneconomic farms on the estate.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that, so far, proceedings for the sale of the particular estate referred to in the Question have not been instituted before them. If the Commissioners should acquire this part of the property they will pay due regard to the applications of evicted tenants who come within the provisions of the Act as well as to the claims of the occupiers of uneconomic holdings in the neighbourhood.