§ MR. LEA (Londonderry, S.)1 beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many of the 2,591 purchasers under the Irish Church Act, who are said to have derived benefit under Section 25 of the Land Act of 1887, were permitted to extend their period of repayment to 49 years under that Act; and how many of the 787 purchasers under the Act of 1870, and the 726 purchasers under the Act of 1881, were allowed to extend their repayment to 49 years under Section 27 of the Act of 1887?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOE IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)The Irish Land Commissioners report that of the 2,591 purchasers under the Irish Church Act who received the benefit of the Acts of 1885 and 1887, 2,263 obtained the full term of 49 years. The Board of Works report that in the case of the 787 purchasers under the Acts of 1870 and 1872 who received the benefit of Section 24 of the Act of 1887, the effect was to extend the period of repayment from 35 years to periods varying from 40½to 47½years. In the case of the 726 purchasers under the Act of 1881 who received the benefit of 664 Section 27 of the Act of 1887, the effect was to extend the period of repayment from 35 years to about 45 years in each case.