§ MR. LUNDONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland can he say whether the Estates Commissioners are in negotiation, or have instituted proceedings, with the Court of Chancery for the purchase of the Clery Minors Estate at Athlacca, County Limerick, with the view of distributing it among the holders of uneconomic holdings, landless people, and evicted tenants; can he say whether the leases of the cattle dealers and exporters from the Court have expired; and, if so, will the Court, in whose hands the estate now is, sell it to the Estates Commissioners for the above purposes.
§ MR. BIRRELLI am informed that in November last an order was made by the Lord Chancellor authorising the receiver of this estate to enter into negotiations with the tenants for the sale to them of their holdings. The matter has since on several occasions been under consideration, but no agreement for sale has yet been arrived at. I do not gather that any question as to selling the estate to the Estates Commissioners has arisen, but the Lord Chancellor will doubtless take the matter into his consideration.