§ Mr. SCANLANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have acquired the Hillas Estate, county Sligo; and, if so, whether they have made provision to enable Peter Finan, Dunowa, Templeboy, county Sligo, to acquire the farm on this estate occupied by him with the turbary rights which they agreed to give him?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that this estate vas not sold to them, but was purchased by the tenants direct from the landlord under the Irish Land Act, 1903. The holdings have been vested in the tenants, including Peter Finan, to whom an advance of £140 was made for the purchase of his holding. When the estate was being dealt with, the Commissioners suggested that certain untenanted land should be sold to the tenants. The owner was willing to do so, but the tenants refused to sign the necessary agreements, as they contained certain reservations as to turbary, and in the circumstances the untenanted land was not included in the sale.