§ Mr. DELANYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the farm of Lyrogue, on the Hopkins estate, 2001 Errill, Ballybrophy, Queen's County, was, prior to 29th April, 1905, untenanted, and let by the 11 months to a grazier named Joseph Mole, and that, subsequently to that date, namely, on 1st August, 1905, Mole lodged an agreement to purchase as an occupying yearly tenant of this farm, claiming an advance of £3,275; and whether, seeing that under the Act of 1903 the advance is limited to £500 in case of a tenancy created after the 1st January, 1901, he will say what course the Estates Commissioners propose taking in this case?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have refused to make the advance applied for in this case.