§ Mr. DELANYasked the Chief Secretary whether the Estates Commissioners have yet approved of the proposed sale of the Hopkins' estate, Errill, Ballybrophy, Queen's County, to the tenants; can he say how many holdings valued at £10 and under are on the estate; what was the area of untenanted land on the property on the date upon which the agreements were signed; and will he see that this sale is not approved unless the untenanted land is sold to the Commissioners for the enlargement of the uneconomic holdings and the settlement of the evicted tenants in the neighbourhood?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the advances applied for on this estate, which is being sold by the owner direct to the tenants, have not yet been sanctioned. Three holdings on the estate appear to be under £10 valuation. The owner appears to hold 113982W acres of untenanted land, and to have made a new letting, at the time of sale, of 120 acres to Joseph Mole as a yearly tenant. The advance applied for in Mole's case has been refused, and the owner has been asked whether he will sell the untenanted land for purposes of distribution.