§ Mr. PATRICK O'BRIEN (for Mr. James O'Kelly)asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether any decision has been come to with regard to the disposition of the land known as Clooneen-Hartland, in the county Roscommon; whether the Land Commissioners will take into consideration the claims of some forty congested holdings adjoining the Clooneen-Hartland ranch, and the fact that there is no other land in the district suitable for enlarging the holdings of some forty congests; whether an agreement to purchase has been lodged with the Land Commissioners by Mrs. Walpole; and, if so, whether, seeing that this lady is the wife of an extensive grazier who has already received advances of public money to the full amount permitted by the Land Acts, the Land Commissioners will not treat with Mrs. Walpole as a separate and independent tenant?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)The estate referred to is being sold direct by the owner to the tenants, and an agreement has been lodged, signed by Mrs. Walpole, for purchase of a holding at Cloneen, of which she states she is the tenant. The estate has not yet reached its turn to be dealt with by the Estates Commissioners, but when it is due inquiry will be made into the matters referred to in the question.