§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many loans have been sanctioned to tenants, under the various Land Purchase Acts, in the several provinces of Ireland up to the 1st March, 1892?
§ MR. JACKSONThe Land Commissioners report that the total number of loans sanctioned to tenants under the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Acts, 1885 and 1888, and the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, in the several provinces, up to 29th February, 1892, was 23,781. Of these there were in Ulster, 12,554; Leinster, 3,839; Munster, 4,496; Connaught, 2,892—total, 23,781. This does not include the advances under the Act of 1870, which were made by the Board of Works.