§ Mr. GILHOOLYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether Mr. Leigh White, of Bantry, has offered the Castletown Bere and Glengariffe portions of his estate for sale to the Congested Districts Board; whether he is aware of the tract of untenanted land in the possession of Mr. Leigh White at Glengariffe; whether the Congested Districts Board will insist on the said land being sold with a view to relieving the congestion which exists at Glengariffe; and whether he can state how far negotiations have proceeded in connection with the sale of this estate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLMr. Leigh White has offered to sell to the Congested Districts Board the entire of his tenanted estate in Castletown Bere and Glengariffe districts. The estate as offered has been valued, and a member of the Board proposes to visit the estate to inspect the untenanted lands not offered for sale and to make other inquiries. The Board will require the vendor to sell to them all untenanted land suitable for agricultural purposes which is not demesne land or which is not exempted by the compulsory clauses of the Act of 1909.