§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say what steps the Estates Commissioners have taken to acquire the untenanted land on the Massey estate, situate at Glenville and Ballylin, in the County of Limerick; and whether there is any likelihood of an agreement in the matter being come to.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have had a preliminary inspection made of the lands referred to with a view to intimating to the owner the price they will be prepared to advance if formal proceedings for the sale of the lands are instituted. The Commissioners are not at present in a position to say whether an agreement is likely to be arrived at.