§ Mr. THOMAS O'DONNELLasked why the Estates Commissioners declared as an estate the lands of Mr. Bateman at Deelis, Camp, county Kerry, when five out of thirteen tenants refused to sign on the terms offered; whether the other lands sold by Mr. Bateman were nearly twenty miles distant, entirely different in character, and in a non-congested district; whether, seeing that this portion of the estate stood by itself and required different treatment, these five tenants were entitled to have their lands inspected and valued before declaring it an estate; and will steps now be taken to have this done?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe circumstances in which the tenants referred to refused to sign purchase agreements were fully considered by the Estates Commissioners when they were dealing with the estate. One of these tenants made claim to a mountain and the others to turbary. The Commissioners were unable to allow these claims, and as the tenants refused to sign agreements to purchase their holdings, they could not be included in the declared estate.