MR. CHARLES MACVEIGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners was called to the advertised sale of the demesne lands on the Fenwick estate, Greenhill, near Convoy, County Donegal, in October last, the estate having been sold previously to the tenants; whether he is aware that this demesne is let annually on the eleven months' system; and whether, seeing that it is, or was, for sale, he will direct the Estates Commissioners to purchase it for distribution amongst the adjoining farmers who have uneconomic holdings.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners will make inquiries with the object of ascertaining whether the untenanted land in question is such as it would be desirable for them to acquire. If they consider the land to be suitable, they will approach the owner with a view to purchasing it.