§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary 328 to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether Mr. Robert V. White, Stillorgan, County Dublin, has created a new tenancy in the farm of Curraghmore, for a term of thirty-one years, in favour of Mr. Peter Roe, who has held the farm under the eleven months system for some years; and whether, in view of the fact that Mr. White proposes selling his estate in Queen's County to the tenants, and that this farm of 200 acres is required for the enlargement of the small holdings in the district, be can say what course the Commissioners are going to adopt with regard to this transaction.
I beg also to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received a resolution passed by the Borris in-Ossory branch of the United Irish League, calling their attention to the fact that Mr. Robert V. White, Stillorgan, County Dublin, is endeavouring to dispose of his estate at Sheirk, Curraghmore, and elsewhere in Queen's County, to his tenants, whilst refusing to sell the untenanted land to the Commissioners for the purpose of enlarging the uneconomic holdings in the locality; and, if so, can he say whether the Estates Commissioners propose to approve of this sale.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners are not aware that a tenancy of the farm at Curraghmore has recently been created. Proceedings for the sale of Mr. White's estate are pending before the Commissioners, and the vendor has offered to sell to them portion of his untenanted lands. The Commissioners have expressed their willingness to purchase the lands at Kilpurcel and Doon but are not prepared to purchase the Curraghmore farm, as it is unsuitable for their purpose. The matter of the estate generally is under the Commissioners' consideration.