MR. C. MACVEIGH (Donegal, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of tenants on the Boyton Estate, Tully-donnell, County Donegal, who have purchased their holdings, the average area of them, the Poor Law valuation, and the 772 number of years purchase; and whether he can say what number of the smaller tenants on the estate refused to purchase on the terms demanded by the owner, the average area of their holdings, the Poor Law valuation, and the number of years purchase demanded from them.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that agreements have been lodged for the purchase of 185 holdings on this Estate. The average area of these holdings is 23 acres, the average Poor Law valuation is £12, and the average number of years purchase agreed to is 23.3. The Commissioners are unable to furnish the information asked for in the concluding portion of the Question, as the Estate has not yet come to be dealt with in its order of priority.