§ MR. P. A. MCHUGH (Leitrim, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how many applications for advances under the Purchase of Land Acts, 1885 and 1888, were rejected prior to the 31st March, 1900, for insufficiency of security as distinguished from other causes of rejection; how many applications for advances under the Purchase of Land Acts, 1891 and 1896, were rejected up to 31st March, 1903, for insufficiency of 1194 security; and what was the amount of the applications so rejected.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The number of applications for advances under the Acts of 1885 to 1888 which were finally refused on the ground stated was 1,286; the amount applied for was £467,872. Fresh applications were subsequently made in respect of a number of these cases under the Acts of 1891 to 1896, but no separate record of these has been kept. The number of applications finally refused under the latter Acts, to the 31st March, 1903, was 789 for £175,154.