§ Mr. DUFFYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that negotiations for the sale of the estate of Mrs. Gowing, of Dartfield, Loughrea, were opened some four years ago; whether the nominal occupier of this grazing tract of untenanted land, containing about 1,000 Irish acres, is a gentleman who farms and resides at Walters Town, county Clare; whether the lands have been purchased by the Commissioners; and, seeing that the district is largely congested and having regard to the history of the Dartfield lands, will he communicate with the Commissioners and, in the interest of good government, try and induce them to deal with these lands immediately?
§ Mr. CHERRYThe lands have not been purchased by the Estates Commissioners, but proceedings have recently been instituted by the Governors of the Meath Hospital as owners for sale to the Commissioners, and the matter will be dealt with as soon as practicable.