MR. J. E. ELLISI beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland what are the following figures in connection with the Land Purchase (Ireland) Acts, 1885 to 1888; sum applied for to 30th June, 1889; advance sanctioned to same date; amount of principal and interest which accrued due for payment on 1st November, 1888, and still unpaid on 30th June, 1889; amount of principal and interest which accrued due for payment on 1st May, 1889, and unpaid on 30th June, 1889?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Land Commissioners report that 17,986 applications for advances under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Acts were received up to the 30th June, the amount applied for being £7,356,210. Of these, 13,220 applications for £5,519,306 were provisionally sanctioned, and of the advances so sanctioned 10,102 loans, amounting to £4,249,389, had been issued up to the date named. The total amount of interest and instalments which accrued due from the passing of the Act of 1885 to November 1, 1888, was £147,856 6s. 7d.; of this amount, the sum of £59,205 17s. 3d. payable by 6,943 persons, accrued due in respect of the half-year ended November 1st, 1888. The total sum still unpaid on the 30th June, 1889, in respect of interest and instalments to November 1st, 1888, was £1,355 7s. 3d. due by 97 payers. This arrear has since been reduced to £1,056 7s. 4d. The total amount of interest and instalments which accrued due on May 1st, 1889, was £77,489 15s. 6d., payable by 8,670 payers. The amount of such instalments unpaid on June 30th, 1889, was £8,784 7s. 3d., due by 1,086 payers. This arrear has since been reduced to £7,944 7s. 3d.