§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the number of tenants in the County of Wicklow who have purchased their holdings since 1890, the total acreage of the land purchased, the amount of rent which had been paid before purchase, and the amount of the annual instalments now paid by the purchasers, the average number of years purchase, the names of the landlords who have sold to their tenants, and the number of acres sold by each landlord.
MR. ATKINSON-(for Mr. WYNDHAM)The number of tenant purchasers is 318; the acreage purchased, 21,834; the rental prior to purchase was £13,227; the purchase money advanced amounted to £251,295. representing nineteen and a fifth years purchase; the annuities amount to £10,051. The information desired by the last two queries could not conveniently be given in the form of an answer to a Question. It will be found in the Returns annually presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 33 of the Act of 1891.