SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL&c.) (Kirkcaldy,asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, To what extent advantage has been taken of the Land Purchase provisions of last Session; and if he will furnish information showing what classes have had the benefit of those provisions, and, especially, whether in any cases large farmers have been allowed to avail themselves of those terms to acquire considerable estates?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)A Return will be laid upon the Table, probably to-morrow, which will give the information asked for in the first paragraph of the Question. As regards the second paragraph of the Question, I am informed that the number of loans applied for up to the present date is 1,851, of which 94 are cases of tenants who pay £100 and upwards.
§ In reply to a further Question,