§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, having regard to the repeated failures of the Marquess of Sligo to fulfil his promises to lodge the necessary maps and papers preparatory to a sale of his West Mayo estate to the Congested Districts Board, and to the recent seizures for rent of uneconomic holdings and the general unrest amongst the tenants, the Board will take immediate steps to acquire this congested estate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to the reply to the question asked by him on this subject on the 13th November. Having regard to the extent of the estate no unreasonable delay has taken place, and when the necessary documents are lodged the Congested Districts Board will have a valuation made as soon as possible.
§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can state whether a force of Royal Irish Constabulary has been engaged during the past few days in 1571 assisting sheriff's bailiffs and bailiffs of the Marquess of Sligo in seizing cattle belonging to the tenants of uneconomic holdings on Lord Sligo's congested estate in West Mayo; and upon whose application and by whose orders were the police engaged in this work?
§ Mr. BIRRELLOn the application of the sheriff of the county of Mayo four police were employed on the 5th instant in protecting a bailiff in the execution of county court decrees against two tenants on the estate referred to.