SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL&c.) (Kirkcaldy,asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with regard to the Land Act of last Session, How many farms above the value of £100 per annum had been purchased; and, what was the total rental and purchase of what had been sanctioned?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)The number of farms of over £100 a-year rental that have been purchased is 65, and the amount sanctioned for their purchase is £171,797. The largest purchase is a rent of £450 a-year. This has been bought, subject to a head rent of £122, for £4,550, of which the Land Commissioners advanced £3,000. I am 21 unable to say now what is the total rent of the farms whose purchase has so far been sanctioned, nor can I say how many years' purchase the amount sanctioned is of the gross rental. I understand it would take some days to get out this information, and I only got my hon. Friend's Notice yesterday.