HC Deb 24 February 1908 vol 184 cc1322-3
MR. JOHN ROCHE

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Estates Commissioners have entered into negotiations for the purchase of the estate of the late Captain Segrave, in the county of Galway; and, if so, whether the sale is likely to be completed in the near future.

(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) The-Estates Commissioners approached Captain Segrave upon the subject of his untenanted land, and were informed by him that the untenanted land in his. possession formed part of his demense. No proceedings for the purchase of. Captain Segrave's estate have yet been instituted before the Commissioners.