§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that there have been negotiations for the purchase of the estate of Mr. D. C. O'Connell, in the parish of Dromod, county Kerry, and whether, in view of the present state of those negotiations, the Estates Commissioners will use their influence in bringing about a satisfactory settlement?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that nine agreements for the purchase of holdings on this estate have been lodged. When the estate is being dealt with in its proper turn, the cases of such tenants as have not signed purchase agreements will be inquired into.