§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether an agreement has now been come to between Mrs. Shelton, the owner of the untenanted lands at Beaufort, in the county of Limerick, and the Estates Commissioners for the purchase thereof.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.)The owner has intimated her willingness to accept the Estates Commissioners' estimated price for the lands in question, and formal proceedings for the sale have now been instituted accordingly.