§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that the Estates Commissioners received a memorial from the tenants, sons of small farmers and cottiers in the immediate neighbourhood of the Goold-Verschoyle estate, situate at Athea, in the county of Limerick, on which there is untenanted land which the Commisioners propose to purchase; if he is aware that the district of Athea, in which this land is situate, is practically a congested one, though not scheduled as such; and whether, in view of this fact, they will accede to the request in the memorial?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that memorials have been received from cottiers and small farmers in the immediate neighbourhood of the Goold-Verschoyle estate, county Limerick. The matter will receive full consideration when the Commissioners are dealing with the report of their inspector on this estate.