§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary what steps the Estates Commissioners have taken towards acquiring for distribution the untenanted and non-residential 449W lands on the Greville-Nugent estate, in the parish of Delvin, Westmeath, in pursuance of the memorial submitted to them in 1905, with the approval of the owner, on behalf of congested and landless people in the vicinity; and whether the Commissioners will take any action in this matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLOn the 21st November, 1905, the Estates Commissioners issued a request under Section 7 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, to the Land Judge to cause them to be furnished with particulars and documents respecting the estate referred to in the question, but the Land Judge informed them that an application was pending before him to dismiss the petition for sale in his Court, and he, in the circumstances, did not consider it desirable to comply with the request, and the petition for sale was dismissed on 8th December following. The Commissioners subsequently approached the trustees of the owner, but up to the present proceedings for sale of the land under the Land Purchase Acts have not been instituted by the owners, and no further action has been taken by the Commissioners in the matter.