§ Mr. GUINEYasked whether the Estates Commissioners have completed negotiations for the acquirement of the Foot estate at Blossomfort, county Cork, the owners having offered it for voluntary acquirement?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have communicated to the owner an estimate of the amount which they would be prepared to advance for the purchase of the lands in question, but up to the present the owner has not instituted formal proceedings for their sale.