§ MR. BARRIEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state in how many cases in 1906 and 1907 did the Estates Commissioners determine that the applications under the Land Purchase Act, 1903, should be postponed owing to the prevalence of intimidation on the particular estate; and in how many, if any, of such cases was their determination overruled by the Irish Government.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners did not postpone any cases in 1906 or 1907 on the grounds mentioned, but in one case they withdrew from the purchase of untenanted lands which were the subject of local interference.