§ MR. W. H. SMITHasked the Secretary to the Treasury, If he will state the amounts applied for by tenants in Ireland, and the amounts advanced by the Government under the provisions of the Land Acts 1870 and 1881, to enable tenants to purchase their holdings in the years 1881 and 1882, up to the present date?
§ MR. COURTNEYSir, the amount for which application has been made to the Land Commission under Sections 24 and 35 of the Land Act of 1881 up to Saturday last is£141,954. Out of this total loans have been sanctioned amounting to £88,699; and of this £35,408 has actually been advanced. The total sum agreed to be paid by tenants for purchase of their holdings in sales already completed under these sections is£52,020. Under Section 26 of the Act tenants have purchased holdings from the Land Commission to a total amount of £4,667, of which £1,433 has been paid in cash by the tenants, and the rest remains on mortgage. Under the Act of 1870 the Board of Works have received between the 1st of April, 1881, and the 31st of October, 1882, applications for £25,736; loans amounting to £18,802 have been sanctioned, and £17,492 actually advanced, but some part of the amounts sanctioned and advanced is on account of applications made before April 1, 1881.