MR. C. MACVEIGH (Donegal, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he could state what is the cause of the delay in completing the sale to the tenants on the Mansfield estate, Killygordon, county Donegal, the agreements to purchase having been signed over two years ago, and the sale sanctioned by the Estates Commissioners last June, while the tenants are still paying the old rent; and whether he can say when the sale will be completed.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that there has been no delay in this case which could
| Date. | Officers. | Warrant Officers. | Sergeants. | Trumpeters. | Rank and File. | Total Strength. |
| 1st October 1905 | 940 | 113 | 1,769 | 253 | 21,099 | 24,174 |
| 1st January 1908 | 872 | 105 | 1,456 | 223 | 15,679 | 18,335 |