asked the Minister for Fisheries whether the Land Commission has acquired the estates known as the Medge Estate, Alexanderside, and the Johnstown Estate, Alexanderside, Navan; and, if so, when it is proposed to distribute these lands.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - ACQUISITION OF NAVAN ESTATES.
Mr. O'REILLY
The Land Commission are about to make an offer to purchase the untenanted lands of Alexander Reid, containing 66a. 1r. 13p., on the Robt, Hy. Metge Estate, Co. Meath.
The lands of Johnstown comprise two holdings, total area 133a. 2r. 10p. in the possession of two tenants on the estate of Christopher Johns and others, in which particulars have been lodged by the owners to enable the lands to be vested in the Land Commission on the appointed day under the Land Act, 1923. This estate has not yet been reached in its order to be dealt with by the Land Commission.