§ CAPTAIN DONELANOn behalf of the hon. Member for North Wexford, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that arrangements have been come to for the sale to the occupying tenants of a number of holdings in county Wexford, in addition to those already sold to the tenants in that county; and whether, seeing that the proposed sales cannot now be carried out owing to the lack of money for the purposes of the Land Purchase (Ireland) Acts, he will make arrangements for the advancement of £500,000 for the purchase of holdings in county Wexford immediately.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe answer to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. As already stated by me, no advances under the Land Purchase Acts can be made in the county Wexford pending the result of an investigation which has been ordered for the purpose of ascertaining whether the, limit of advances of guaranteed land stock fixed by the Act of 1891 has been reached in the county.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDCan the right hon. Gentleman give us any idea when the result will be made known?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI hope in ten days or a fortnight.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYDo the Land Commission make inquiry before they issue, the notice that the limit of advances has been reached?
§ MR. WYNDHAMwas understood to reply that the limit was laid down in a Return issued in 1891.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLAnd is one result of the Board's action the stoppage of voluntary purchases?
§ MR. WYNDHAMNo, Sir; they are not stopped.