§ MR. ERRINGTONasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether a measure is under consideration to so far assimilate the borrowing powers under the Lands Improvement Act and the Land Act, 1881, as to enable tenants in Ireland, to whom the latter Act does not apply, to borrow under the former sums less than £100; and, if so, who- 1157 ther he hopes soon to be able to introduce the Bill?
§ MR. COURTNEYSir, in the Consolidation Bill which I hope to introduce before Whitsuntide, the fixed minimum prescribed by the old Land Improvements Acts will not be re-enacted; and it will be possible to prescribe, by regulation, any other minimum that may be desirable.