§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that in the case of the estate of the Misses Peech, county Cork, a tenant named Patrick Walsh failed to sign a purchase agreement at the same time as the other tenants, as he had a fair-rent appeal then pending; that this tenant, his appeal having been decided, has now expressed his willingness to sign on the same terms as the other purchasing tenants; whether the owners have refused unless they receive an assurance from the Estates Commissioners that the bonus of 12 per cent. shall be paid on this purchase as well as on the others; and whether, seeing that this tenant remained temporarily outside the sale for bonâ fide cause, he will recommend to the Estates Commissioners that an understanding should be come to as to the amount of the bonus to be paid in his cause, so that he may be immediately admitted to the same benefits of purchase as his co-tenants?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe payment of bonus is governed by statutory conditions. It is not a matter within the jurisdiction of the Estates Commissioners, but is dealt with by the Judicial Commissioner in court on the allocation of the purchase money when advanced.