§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether any negotiations have taken place with regard to the purchase of the estate of Lord Inchiquin, county Clare; whether any writs have been issued for the recovery of rent on this property; and whether he will communicate with the Estates Commissioners with a view, if possible, of bringing about a satisfactory sale of the estate in question.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that no proceedings for the sale of this estate have been instituted before them, and they have no knowledge of any proceedings which the owner may have taken for the recovery of rent. The matter is not one in which the Commissioners could interfere.