§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the result of the efforts by the Estates Commissioners to purchase the Thompson estate at Clonfin, County Longford.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) As suggested in the hon. Member's Question of 25th May, the Estates Commissioners have communicated with the receiver under deed of this estate, who has informed them he is in correspondence with the present owner, Mr. Wensley Thompson, now in Canada, and with his solicitors in England, and hopes shortly to be in a position to communicate further with the Commissioners as to the sale of the estate.