§ MR. PATRICK WHITEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners propose to purchase Kellet's estate, situate at Barley Hill, county Meath; and, in the event of their doing so, will they distribute the Untenanted land with the occupiers of uneconomic holdings on the estate.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners inform me that negotiations for the sale of this estate are at present pending before them. The Commissioners propose to make an offer for the estate provided that the owner should place at their disposal certain Untenanted lands which the Commissioners consider to be required for the purpose of enlarging the uneconomic holdings. The Commissioners are awaiting a reply from the owner as to this. If the Commissioners should acquire the Untenanted land they will consider the claims of occupiers of uneconomic holdings on the estate.