14. Mr. WHITEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have yet pronounced their 1211 decision on the question of acquiring untenanted land on the Nicholson estate, Balrath, county Meath; and, if not, whether, having regard to the fact that the time has now arrived for cultivating the land for this year's crops, they will deal with that portion of the untenanted land on the estate which is intended for the enlargement of the economic holdings without further delay?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe reply to the first part of the question is in the negative. The Estates Commissioners, not having yet acquired the lands referred to in the second part of the question, have no power to deal with them.