§ Mr. JOHN O'DONNELLasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Major Fair, the landlord of the Bushfield and Shantella estate, near Hollymount. county Mayo, is anxious to dispose of that estate to the tenants, and that they are only too anxious to buy; and whether, seeing that both parties are willing to have a transfer of these lands, he will take steps to put the machinery of the Congested Districts Board in motion so that these people may become the owners of their holdings on reasonable terms?
§ Mr. BIRRELLMajor Fair offered his estate to the Congested Districts Board 209W about two years ago and has recently again expressed his willingness to sell. Negotiations are at present in progress.