§ Mr. CONDONasked the Chief Secretary if he can ascertain from the Estates Commissioners at what date the purchase agreements on the estate of Lord Clon-mel, county Tipperary, were lodged with them; whether they investigate all such agreements in accordance with priority; and whether the Commissioners are aware that the tenants on this estate are paying 4 per cent, interest pending purchase?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed by the Estates Commissioners that two estates of Lord Clonmel, in the county of Tipperary, are pending for sale direct by the owner to his tenants under the Irish Land Act, 1903. The purchase agreements in one estate were lodged in March, 1906, and in the other in March, 1907, and they will be dealt with in order of priority. The rate of interest in lieu of rent which the tenants in their purchase agreements contracted to pay is as stated in the question.