§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the 1414 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give the number of agricultural holdings sold to the occupiers under each of the Purchase Acts, namely, the Church Disestablishment Act, the Land Act of 1870, the Land Act of 1881, the Purchase Acts of 1885, 1888, 1891, and the Land Act of 1896, and the amount actually advanced on account of said purchases.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM, Dover)The numbers of tenant purchasers under the Acts mentioned, in the order stated, are 6,057, 877, 731, 25,368, and 29,208, making a total of 62,241 purchasers to 31st March last. The amount advanced under each of the Acts, to the same date, is £1,674,841, £514,536, £240,801, £9,992,640, and £8,759,450, making a total advadce of £21,182,268.