§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state what is the amount of purchase money paid for lands sold by the Judge of the Land Court since the Act of 1896 came into force, under Section 40 and under other powers.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverThe amount advanced under orders made pursuant to the 40th section of the Act of 1896 is £351,729, and the amount realised by sales to tenants pursuant to agreements sanctioned by the Land Judge is £628,385, making in all £980,114. Those figures are brought down to the end of October last, the latest date to which they are at present available.
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)Can the right hon. Gentleman say how many estates have been sold under Section 40 of the Act?
§ MR. WYNDHAMNo, the holdings are sold separately and the estates are not sold en bloc.