§ Mr. REDDYasked whether the Chief Secretary's attention has been called to a resolution passed by the King's County County Council, at its annual meeting held on 14th June, to the effect that the council, as the local authority liable for the payment of extra police now employed at Rathgibbon, on the estate of the late Captain French, call upon the Estates Commissioners to have this farm inspected and allotted without further delay, and thereby remove the only cause of trouble in the district; and whether he will take steps to have effect given to this resolution?
§ Mr. BIRRELLMy attention has been called to the resolution referred to. I am informed that there are no extra police employed in connection with the Rathgibbon farm. This estate is the subject of direct sale proceedings under the Irish Land Act, 1903. Purchase agreements have been lodged by the vendor in respect 876 of the lands of Rathgibbon, and the Estates Commissioners have no power to interfere with the allotment of them by the vendor.