Captain CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary whether he can state the acreage of Mrs. Mary S. Dowds' holding at Portahard, Frenchpark, county Roscommon; whether she has forwarded an application to the Congested Districts Board for a portion of the De Freyne estate, now in possession of the Board; and what reply has been made to her application?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board inform me that the acreage of the Dowd holding at Portahard is 4a. 0r. 3p.; the tenant was offered but refused an enlargement that would bring the holding up to eight acres. The tenant applied for a new holding instead of the enlarged holding, and this application will not be acceded to.