§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state 1503 the date on which the estates for sale now being dealt with by the Estates Commissioners were lodged; and how many estates have been sold through the Estates Commissioners for the twelve months ending 31st May, 1908.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners are at present dealing with estates for the sale of which the agreements were lodged in June, 1905. During the year ending 31st May last proceedings were instituted before the Commissioners for the sale of 1,188 estates by landlords to tenants, and for the sale to the Land Commission of 127 estates by landlords, and of 12 estates in the Land Judge's Court.