HC Deb 12 August 1904 vol 140 c400
MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)

To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the four pounds five shillings per cent. charged on loans for labourers' oottages includes a sinking fund.

(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) When the loan is for a period exceeding forty years the rate of interest is 4¼ per cent., exclusive of sinking fund.