§ Mr. LYNCHasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in the case of the estate of General T. Kelly Kenney, West Clare, he can state what were the terms of purchase and when the estate will be vested in the tenants; and whether, considering that the holdings of most of the congests on the estate are barren mountainous areas, and that they have to go seven or eight miles to procure dry hay for their cattle, the Congested Districts Board will, without delay, distribute the Treanmara farm on the estate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board inform me that the holdings on this estate were purchased at different prices varying from sixteen to twenty years' purchase. The estate has not yet been vested in the Board, and they cannot, at present, say when the holdings are likely to be resold to, and vested in, the tenants. No steps can be taken to distribute the un-tenanted land pending the vesting of the estate in the Board.