§ MR. CONOR O'KELLY (Mayo, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state whether the negotiations between the Congested Districts Board and Sir Henry Lynch Blosse, Baronet, Athavilla, Balla, County Mayo, for the purchase of the Blosse property have been concluded; and, if not, will he state what stage the negotiations have reached.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Congested Districts Board opened negotiations for the purchase of the property in question, but were obliged to suspend them because there was no immediate prospect of the Board being placed in funds to provide the purchase money or to carry out the necessary improvement works on the property.