§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask MR. Attorney General for Ireland whether, in the 123rd Table of the Appendices to the Report of the Irish Land Commission, the following figures are correct, namely: Amount of Guaranteed Land Stock issued, £269,334; price fixed by Land Judge £285,322; amount paid in cash by the tenant, £15,995; and, if correct, what is the explanation as to the amount paid in cash by the purchasing tenants over and above the amount certified by the Land Commission.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe explanation asked for is as follows: In sonic instances 584 the Land Commission is unable to advance the entire price fixed by thorn because it would exceed the limit of £3,000; or because there is timber or bog on the holding which, though valuable, might be removed by the purchaser and would not therefore remain as a security to the State; or because the buildings, though valuable, are unsuitable to the holding as an agricultural holding: or because, in order to prevent the hearing by the Land Judge on the report being adjourned till the receiver had collected all arrears for rents due, a sum is added to the price in respect of those arrears.