§ Mr. O'KELLYasked the Chief Secretary whether the sixteen years' lease, on 160 acres of untenanted land on the estate of Perigrand Maitland Ffrench, in the parish of Ogulla, county Roscommon, was held, had now only one year to run; whether there are, in the immediate neighbourhood, a number of poor people living upon small uneconomic holdings; and whether, under the circumstances, he would draw the attention of the Congested Districts Board to the advisability of purchasing the said land, known as Cashland, and distributing it amongst the small holders in question?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe estate in question has not been offered to the Congested Districts Board and their local officer has not been able to obtain any particulars as to the farm referred to.