§ Mr. KENNEDYasked whether an inspection has been made of the Edward D. Cuming estate, county Cavan, E.C. 10,035, Section 6; how many applications under Section 6 have priority over this Cuming estate; and will an effort be made to expedite this sale?
§ Mr. DUKENo inspection of the estate referred to has yet been made. This is a case of sale to the Estates Commissioners in which the purchase money will be payable in Three per Cent. Guaranteed Stock, and there are seventy such estates in priority to it. The property will be inspected as soon as practicable.
§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that James Murphy signed an agreement in February, 1875. with the Irish Church Temporalities Commission for the purchase of the fee simple of a part of the lands of Killinane glebe, Caherciveen, and paid £100 in cash at the time of signing; and can he state for what period of years the annuity was payable, and when will James Murphy's annuity cease to be payable?
§ Mr. DUKEThe sale of the lands referred to was made by the Church Temporalities Commissioners in 1875. The purchase money was £400, of which £103 13s. was paid in cash, the balance standing out on mortgage, repayable by sixty-four half-yearly instalments of £8 5s. each as from 1st January, 1875. Through the operation of subsequent Land Purchase Acts the instalments have been reduced, and the term of repayment extended, with the result that the present half-yearly instalment is only £3 13s. 10d., terminating in 1954.