HC Deb 09 May 1912 vol 38 cc721-2W
Mr. DORIS

asked whether the Congested Districts Board have received from Miss Crean-Lynch the maps of her estate in county Mayo, with an intimation that she is willing to sell the estate through the Board?

Mr. BIRRELL

The maps and documents necessary for a preliminary inspection of Miss Olivia Crean-Lynch's estate have recently been lodged with the Congested Districts Board. The estate will be inspected and a decision arrived at regarding purchase as soon as practicable.

Mr. DORIS

asked whether the following landlords, or any of them, of estates situate in the parishes of Turlough and Kildacomogue, county Mayo, have yet offered their estates for sale through the Congested Districts Board: the Earl of Norbury, Messrs. Hunter, Darcy, James Foy, Richard Gibbons, R. W. Martin, Miss Gibbs, and Miss Phibbs; and have the Board made offers for the purchase of any of these estates; and, if so, which?

Mr. BIRRELL

The following estates have been offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board: Hyacinth Darcy, Miss Gibbs, and R. W. Martin (one estate), Miss Henrietta Phibbs. The Board understand that the maps and documents necessary for a preliminary inspection of the remaining estates referred to are being prepared for lodgment with them, and on receipt of the required information these properties will be inspected and a decision arrived at regarding purchase in the usual course. The Board have not yet made an offer for any of these estates, but they have decided to do so in the case of Miss Phibbs' estate.