§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRE (Bradford, Central)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will lay upon the Table of the House, on the re-assembling of Parliament, a Return up to the latest date, in continuance of Mr. Morley's Return, No. 115, of the present year, of the purchasers under the Land Purchase Act, 1885; also a Return showing the number of holdings, purchased where the advances have been £50 and under; from £50 to £100; £100 to £250; £250; to £500; £500 to £750; £750 to £1,000; £1,000 to £1,500; £1,500 to £2,000; £2,000 to £3,000; £3,000 to £4,000; £4,000 to £5,000; and above £5,000; showing also the aggregate advances made in such cases?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI apprehend it would be contrary to the practice of the House to now order a Return dealing with a period of some months at present unexpired. If the right hon. Gentleman will, however, move on the re-assembling of Parliament for a Return in continuation of Parliamentary Return No. 115, to which he refers, it will be then granted unopposed. A similar course will also be adopted as regards the second Return indicated; but in respect to this Return the Land Commissioners ask that, for convenience, a slight change may be made in the classification, so as to follow that used in their Annual Report. The modified classification would be as follows:—Advances not exceeding £50; advances exceeding £50, and not exceeding £100; advances exceeding £100, and not exceeding £200; advances exceeding £;200, and not exceeding £500; advances exceeding £500, and not exceeding £700; advances exceeding £700, and not exceeding £1,000; the remaining classification being as indicated in the question. These Returns would be up to the 31st October, and would be in hand so as to be ready to be laid upon the Table at the earliest date practicable upon their being moved for by the right hon. Gentleman.