HC Deb 19 April 1911 vol 24 cc1002-3W
Mr. SCANLAN

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the names and situation of the estates in North Sligo purchased up to date by the Congested Districts Board for the purposes of the Land Act of 1909; the names of estates in the division offered for sale to the Board by the landlords or their representatives, but not yet purchased; and whether, if no separate return is available for the Parliamentary Division, he will give the facts asked for applicable to the whole of county Sligo?

Mr. BIRRELL

The estate of Dr. H. C. Tweedy, in the Electoral Divisions of Lisconny and Carrickbaragher, Union of Sligo, has been purchased by the Congested Districts Board. The estates in county Sligo offered for sale are as follows:—C. S. Boyd, Granville H. Knox, Ellen and A. Lyons, Colonel J. C. Duke, Sir J. Gore Booth, Utred A. Knox, Wm. Jas. Griffith, John Knox, Hugh A. Moss-man, Lord Harlech, Sir Roger Palmer, M. O'M. Knott, Henry M. R. Crichton, Alex J. Crichton, Jas. C. Worthington, Reg. H. Knox, P. Connolly, R. J. Verschoyle, Ellen T. O'Connor, Owen Wynne, Mrs. A. O. Crichton, M. C. Dodwell, H. F. Knox, Miss C. A. Sullivan and Trustees of A. W. H. Hippsley. No return of estates is kept according to Parliamentary Divisions.

Mr. SCANLAN

asked whether the Congested Districts Board have received applications from tenants on the estates of Edward Lloyd Clarke, Kilboglashey; Colonel Campbell, Abbeytown; Alexander Sim, Streamstown; representatives of William Phibbs, Carricknagat and Knox Park; G. and T. Pollexfin, Kilgboglashey; and Richard J. Verschoyle, Tarrago Intake, all near Ballisodare, county Sligo; will he say what steps, if any, the Board have taken to acquire these lands for distribution for the purposes of the Land Act of 1909 and the settlement of the problem of congestion in this district; and if he can undertake that the purchase of these estates will be accelerated by more prompt and decisive action on the part of the Board?

Mr. BIRRELL

Applications have been received by the Congested Districts Board from the tenants of the estates referred to, and the landlords were informed that the Board were willing to negotiate for the purchase of these estates. The owner of the Verschoyle estate alone so far has offered to negotiate for sale, and the Board are making arrangements to have this estate inspected. A further communication is being made to the other landlords named.