§ Mr. SCANLANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when the Hamilton estate, situated in Carrowdough, Stradhill, county Sligo, and the estates of Mr. Crichson, the Gethin's estate, and Captain Cooper's estate, all situated near Knocknarea, county Sligo, are likely to be purchased by the Estates Commissioners in order to relieve the congestion which is prevalent in this district?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the estate of James Hamilton, county Sligo, is pending before the Commissioners for sale to them under the Irish Land Act, 1903, and will be dealt with in order of priority. The estates of A. J. Crichton, Captain George Gething, and Captain Bryan R. Cooper, county Sligo, are the subject of direct sale proceedings under the Land Purchase Acts. There is untenanted land included in the latter two estates and the question of its acquisition by the Commissioners will be considered when the estates are being dealt with in their order of priority.