§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state the names of the estates in the Land Judge's Court in which proceedings for sale are pending under the Land Purchase (Ireland) Acts; and can be state the names of the estates on which purchase agreements have been signed?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Registrar of the Land Judge's Court, to whom this question has been referred, informs me that the required information could not be given without a prolonged investigation into the circumstances of each particular estate in the Land Judge's Court. Having regard to the urgency of their ordinary business, the officials of the court cannot be asked to undertake such an investigation.
§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary if he will say what progress has been made in the proposed sale of the A. E. Humphry's estate, Bawnboy, county Cavan, since 3rd November, 1908; if he is aware that there are some very uneconomic holdings on this estate,
and will the grass farm on the property be made available for enlarging the small holdings; and when may the tenants expect to be allowed an opportunity of purchasing?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have made an offer to the Land Judge for the purchase of the Humphry's estate, Ballyhaise, county Cavan, but the lands have not yet been vested in the Commissioners by the Land Judge. The property does not appear to include any untenanted land.