§ Mr. CONOR O'KELLYasked the Chief Secretary whether the Congested Districts Board intend to complete the purchase of the Knox estate in Ballyhaunis, county Mayo, so as to include the town tenants, in order that the latter may make arrangements for the purchase of the interests of the middlemen on the property?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Knox estate, near Ballyhaunis, of which the Congested Districts Board purchased a portion, does not include any part of the town of Ballyhaunis, and pending the increase of their funds the Board are unable to negotiate for the purchase of further properties.