§ Dr. AMBROSEasked the Chief Secretary whether the property of Mrs. Owen, situated at Kilgrena, Hollymount, county Mayo, was offered for sale last August to the Estates Commissioners; and, if so, what was the price asked for it; are negotiations taking place for the purchase of this property, either by the Estates Commissioners or the Congested Districts Board; and has the landlord's official been engaged in marking out 40 acres for the herd?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed by the Estates Commissioners that formal proceedings for the sale of this estate have not yet been instituted under the Irish Land Act, 1903, but at the request of the owner the Commissioners have had a preliminary inspection with a view to estimating the price which they would be prepared to advance. The answer to the concluding portion of the question is in the negative.