MR. THOS. F.SMYTHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state how many estates have been sold in county Leitrim since the passing of the Land Act of 1903, together with the amounts for which they were sold; and in how many cases have the advances for the same been already sanctioned by the Treasury.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that proceedings have 362 been instituted before them for the sale of fifty-six estates in county Leitrim, the purchase money of which amounts to £271,926. Advances amounting to £22,019 have been made for the purchase of thirteen of those estates. The Commissioners will deal with the remaining estates in their order of priority.