HC Deb 20 July 1893 vol 15 c96
MR. A. O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury how much, if any, of the sum of £65,000 entered in the suggested Irish Balance Sheet under the heading "Income from Crown Lands," is derived from estates brought into the possession of the Crown through the operation of the Act of Settlement, and liable under the provisions of that Act for the maintenance of a second College in the University of Dublin should such be founded?

SIR J. T. HIBBERT

Almost the whole of the Crown Revenue in Ireland is derived from quit-rents, and it is probable that a large part of these quit-rents come under the Act of Settlement; but investigation would be required before a definite opinion could be given on the point. The 219th section of that Act does not seem to bear the interpretation which my hon. Friend gives to it. It appears to direct that in the event of a second College being founded an annuity should be settled upon it, not derived from the quit-rents reserved to the Crown, but as a new charge to be placed upon the lands to which the section refers.