MR. P. A. MCHUGH (Sligo, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the average price in terms of years purchase paid by the Congested Districts Board for lands purchased by them in each of the years ended on March 31st, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The average prices paid by the Congested Districts Board for lands purchased by them in each of the years ended on March 31st from 1901 to 1906 were:—
§ (Answered by Mr. Churchill.) Papers on the labour question in the Transvaal were published in December and in February, and it is proposed to issue further Papers of a general character in the course of next month. The House has been placed in possession of all the material information on the various topics to which its attention has been directed, by Questions addressed to me by hon. Members, through the medium of the Answers as well as by the statements made by me in the course of the Debates which have taken place, so that I do not 755 think that the hon. Member can complain of lack of information. But the preparation of a new Blue-book shall be expedited.