§ MR. LEA (Londonderry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, how many of the purchasers under " The Irish Church Act, 1869 " have been permitted to take advantage of Section 25 of " The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887"; what was the total number of purchasers; how many of the purchasers under the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Acts, 1870, 1872, and 1881, have been permitted to use Section 27 of " The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887"; and what was the total number of purchasers under those Acts?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Irish Land Commissioners report that the total number of purchasers under the Irish Church Act, 1869, was 7,000. The total number of mortgages of Church lands outstanding in 1885 was 2,665. The total number of mortgagors or purchasers who obtained the benefit of Section 23 of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885, and of Section 25 of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887, was 2,591. The total number of purchasers under the Land Acts of 1870 and 1872 (which are administered by the Board of Works) was, I understand, 876, and the number of these who received the benefit of Section 24 of the Act of 1887 quoted was 787. The total number of purchasers under the Land Act of 1881 was 731, and the number of these who obtained the benefit of Section 27 of the Act of 1887 was 726.