§ Mr. JOHN ROCHEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will 1343W direct the Estates Commissioners to carry out their promise long since made of reinstating the representative of Mrs. Catherine Dempsey on the holding from which she was evicted on the estate of H. B. Trench, county Galway?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that proceedings have been instituted for the purchase of this estate under Section 6 of the Irish Land Act, 1903. The case referred to by the hon. Member will be considered when the estate is being dealt with in order of priority.
§ Mr. JOHN ROCHEasked the Chief Secretary the cause of the delay in completing the sale of Lord Clonbrock's Anansbury and Castlegar estate, in the county of Galway; and will he direct the Commissioners to complete the same with as little delay as possible?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThis estate has not yet been reached in order of priority to be dealt with under the Irish Land Act, 1903. When reached it will be dealt with as rapidly as possible.
§ Mr. HACKETTasked the Chief Secretary whether the total amount of the purchase money has been paid to the landlord or his representatives in the case of the estate of Baron Anally, situated at New Birmingham, Thurles, county Tipperary, purchased by the tenants in 1904; whether the Estates Commissioners have retained any portion of the purchase price; whether the full amount of the purchase price as specfied in the agreements to purchase signed by Philip Fogarty, Glangvole, and James Morris, Mellisane, have been paid to the landlord; and whether he can state the total amount retained and held by the Estates Commissioners as well as the proportionate amount retained in the case of Fogarty and Morris?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe hon. Member presumably refers to the holdings of Philip Fogarty and Thomas Morris on the property of C. W. White and another, county Tipperary, which were sold to the occupying tenants through the medium of the Land Commission as distinguished from the Estates Commissioners. An advance of £1,140 was made to Philip Fogarty on the 7th July, 1904, for the purchase of his holding in the townlands of Glengoole North and Derryvella. A guarantee deposit of £285 was retained by the Land Commission on the occasion of the sale of the1344W lands through the Land Judge's Court. This deposit has not been released. Thomas Morris obtained an advance of £1,199 on the 25th July, 1902, to purchase his holding in the townland of Poyntstown in similar circumstances. No guarantee deposit was retained in this case. The purchase money of these holdings was transferred to the Land Judge for distribution. The case of James Morris cannot be identified.