§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what is the cause of the delay in the completion of the sale to the tenants of the estate of the Endowed Commissioners of Education, situated at Caploughlan, Mountrath, Queen's County, whose agreements have been signed over two years; and, in view of the fact that the tenants are paying 4 per cent. on the purchase money, will he see that the vesting order is issued in this case with the least possible delay.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that the purchase agreements in respect of this estate 1063 were not lodged until June, 1907. The Commissioners will deal with them in their proper order and with due regard to the priority of other estates in which the agreements were lodged earlier.