§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will say whether the Estates Commissioners have yet submitted their offer to purchase on the Crookenden and Carey estate, County Cavan; will he say when the inspectors reported on this estate; and in view of the effect of the delay which has already taken place to all concerned, will he, if the offer to purchase has not been already made, secure that the same be dealt with forthwith.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners' formal proposal has not yet been issued, but, as I informed the hon. Member last week, it is being prepared and will be issued with the least possible delay. The estate is a very large one comprising nearly 500 tenancies, and it has been found necessary to refer the papers back to the inspector several times. The inspector's original Report was received in May, 1907, but his final Report was only received during the present month.