§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if the offers made by the Congested Districts Board for the purchase of the estates of Mr. E. C. Walshe, Mrs. M. F. Rendall, and the trustees of Sir William White, in the barony of Erris, county Mayo, have been accepted; and, if not, will he state what progress has been made with the negotiations for their purchase?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe offers made by the Congested Districts Board for the purchase of the estates referred to have not been accepted. Negotiations for the purchase of the estates of E. C. Walshe and the trustees of Sir William White are not now proceeding. The Board are at present in communication with the owner's solicitor regarding the estate of Mrs. Mary Rendall.
§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary if the Congested Districts Board have yet issued their offer for the purchase of the estate of Mr. Montague Kirkwood, in the barony of Erris; and, if so, will he give the date on which the offer was issued by the Board, and state how the negotiations now stand?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAn offer for the purchase of the estate of W. H. Montague Kirkwood in the barony of Erris was issued by the Congested Districts Board on the 6th March, 1913, and was not accepted as the price was considered inadequate. Negotiations are not now proceeding.
§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary when were the Congested Districts Board's offers issued for the purchase of the estates of Mr. J. M. Coyne, Mr. George S. Bournes, and that of Richards (now J. E. Barley); have the offers been accepted; and, if not, how the negotiations between the Congested Districts Board and the owners now stand?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board issued an offer for the purchase of the estate of Mr. J. M. Coyne on 2nd February, 1914, and an offer for Mr. J. E. Barley's estate on the 20th June, 1914,1930W which have not been accepted up to the present. The Board have decided to make an offer for the purchase of the estate of Mr. G. S. Bournes, and it will be issued as soon as practicable.
§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary if the Congested Districts Board have yet issued their offer for the purchase of the estate of Mr. Denis G. Bingham, in the barony of Erris, county Mayo; and, if so, will he state the date of issue and, if not issued, the cause of the delay?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board issued an offer for the purchase of Mr. D. G. Bingham's estate in the barony of Erris on the 26th April last.
§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary if the maps and other necessary documents for the sale of the estates of Mr. R. Hassard, Aughoos, barony of Erris, and of the McCormack estate, in the same barony, have been lodged with the Congested Districts Board?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe maps and documents necessary for an inspection of the estates referred to, with a view to a sale, have not so far been lodged with the Congested Districts Board.