§ Mr. LUNDONasked the Chief Secretary what is the area of the untenanted land the Estates Commissioners have purchased from the trustees of the Cleary Minors property at Athlacca, county Limerick; has the Lord Chancellor, who is guardian of the minors, disposed of eighty acres of this untenanted land, together with the glebe house and eleven acres in addition, to a man who is already farming 200 acres; and whether, in view of the discontent that will arise if this land is handed over to a rancher, the Commissioners will take steps and refuse to make an advance for any portion of the property unless they are allowed to purchase the whole estate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLProceedings are pending for the sale to the Estates Commissioners of 741 acres on the estate referred to, but they have not yet acquired the lands. The Lord Chancellor has accepted a proposal for the purchase of Athlacca Glebe, and the interest in a portion of1676W Athlacca, but these lands form no portion of the property about to be acquired by the Commissioners. At this stage of the proceedings the Estate Commissioners must decline to express any opinion on the matter referred to in the concluding portion of the question.