§ MR. J. P. FARRELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the cause of the delay in the sale of the Davoren estate at Killasonna, County Longford; whether the agreements, including the agreement to subdivide the grass farm amongst the tenants, have ever been lodged; and, if so, why the tenants are still compelled to pay their old full rents to the landlord instead of the abated sum to the Estates Commissioners.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) No purchase agreements have been lodged in the case of this estate, but the Estates Commissioners have directed their inspector to report upon the estate in order that they may estimate the price which they should offer for it with a view to its resale to the tenants.