§ MR. HAVILAND BURKE (King's County, Tullamore)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to a portion of the Fuller estate at Woodfield, Clara, King's County, consisting of 140 Irish acres, exclusive of wood and bog land, now let on the eleven months grazing system by the Receiver in Chancery, the owner being of unsound mind; and whether, in view of the fact that there are tenants on other parts of this estate living under miserable conditions on holdings of a few acres of bog land, he will advise the Estates Commissioners to contemplate the purchase of this cattle ranche for the economic enlargement of the holdings of such tenants and the provision of holdings for their sons, who are walking about unable to find employment; and whether he would also recommend the Estates Commissioners similarly to consider the case of another cattle ranche of a thousand acres on the estate of Mrs. Jane Bailey, at Ball cumber, King's County, with a view to the enlargement of uneconomic holdings or the reinstatement of evicted tenants, or both purposes combined.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners are unable to trace any proceedings for sale as having been instituted before them in respect of the estates mentioned. If the hon. Member will furnish them with particulars of the estates and the names and addresses of the owners or their agents, the Commissioners will inquire whether the estates are for sale.