MR. J. P. FAREELL (Longford, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the conditions under which tenant purchasers labour in the matter of drainage charges on estates now being offered for sale; and whether, in his amending Bill, he can hold out any hope of so lengthening the period of repayment of these drainage loans as to reduce the present drainage tax within more moderate limits.
§ MR. WYNDHAMLoans for drainage works are authorised by special Acts, and the question of an extension of the period within which such loans are repayable could only be considered in connection with legislation designed to amend these Acts.