§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have taken any action in compliance with the memorial lodged with them on behalf of congests and landless people in the parish of Streete, Westmeath, asking them to purchase for distribution the evicted and non-residential grass land of Kilmore, the tenant of which had agreed to sell his interest, and the present landlord of which is Colonel Kavanagh; whether the latter has consented to sell his interest; and, if so, what stage the project has reached?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)The Estates Commissioners have received the memorial referred to but up to the present the owner 336 has not instituted proceedings before them for the sale of the estate.