§ SIR WALTER NUGENT (Westmeath, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state what action, if any, the Estates Commissioners for Ireland have taken with regard to a petition forwarded to them from the people of Dysart, County Westmeath, asking for the acquisition by the Commissioners of the piece of untenanted land known as White Park and another evicted farm known as Big Meadow, which land is situated in the neighbourhood of Dysart, as set out in the petition.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that the matter of the estate in question has been referred to their inspector, who will in due course report upon the petition referred to.