§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary if he will state the date on which estates for sale, now being dealt with by the Estates Commissioners, were lodged; what is the Estates Commissioners' number of the last estate; how many sales of estates have the Estates Commissioners computed for the year ending 30th April last; and what is the number of estates in which proceedings for sale have been instituted since June, 1903?
§ Mr. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the purchase money is at present being advanced in the case of estates the purchase agreements for which were lodged in and prior to September, 1905. The record number is no index to the priority of an estate; it is given to an estate for the purpose of reference and identification. Full particulars of the proceedings of the Commissioners up to 31st March last will be given in their annual Report now in course1362W of preparation. The number of separate estates in respect of which proceedings for sale have been instituted before the Commissioners since June, 1905, under the Irish Land Act, 1903, and Evicted Tenants Act, 1907, is 6,314.