§ MR. LUNDONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that for the past throe years negotiations for sale to his tenants have been in progress between Colonel Gascoigne and those holding 1228 farms on his Kilfinane estate; has a Mr. Howard, an inspector of the Estates Commissioners, at the request of the town tenants, come down to report on the propriety or feasibility of sale and purchase as between Colonel Gascoigne and the town tenants, and, if so, with what result; can the Estates Commissioners see their way to carry out the sale to the town tenants; and, in their interest and for stability of the sale, and the better to secure the repayment of instalments of purchase money, will the Commissioners negotiate for buying a large untenanted farm outlying the town to be divided among them in lots as it may be deemed advisable.
§ MR. BIRRELLProceedings for the sale of the rural portion of this estate have been instituted before the Estates Commissioners, who have also received an application from the town tenants that their holdings should be included in the sale. The inspector has been inspecting the estate for the past few weeks, but his report is not expected for some time yet. Upon the receipt of that report the Commissioners will consider the matters referred to in the Question.