§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAMasked the Chief Secretary if he will inquire as to the cause of delay in the completion of the sale and purchase of the estate of Dr. Hayes, Watergrasshill, county Cork, in which matter purchase agreements have been signed over three years ago; whether the estate has yet been inspected; and when may it be expected that the vesting orders will be issued?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have not yet been able to deal with this estate, owing to the prior claims of other estates. It is expected that its turn for inspection will be reached at an early date. Until the Commissioners have received and considered their inspector's report they will not be in a position to say when the holdings may be vested.