§ Mr. BOLANDasked whether any and, if so, what steps had been taken by the Congested Districts Board to acquire the Trinity College estate in the Cahirciveen rural district?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThis estate has recently been offered for sale through the Congested Districts Board. The property will be inspected, and a decision arrived at regarding purchase as soon as practicable.
§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary why the case of John Aldworth, Derry-given, a tenant on the Warden estate, who served a fair-rent notice two years ago, had not yet been called by the Land Commission; and could he state when the next sitting would be held at Kenmare?
§ Mr. BIRRELLNo application to fix a fair rent under the Land Law Acts is pending in the Land Commission in the case referred to. A date has not yet been fixed for the next sitting of a Sub-Commission at Kenmare.
§ Mr. BOLANDasked whether the inspection of the Colomb estate, near Caherciveen, by the Congested Districts Board had yet been completed, and, if so, with what result; and when the purchase negotiations would be completed?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThis estate has been inspected, but I am not at present in a position to make any further statement in the matter.