§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork Co., Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the rates of interest at present chargeable 61 under Treasury Minute for loans granted for the purpose of the erection of labourers' cottages in Ireland at periods of repayment not exceeding thirty years, forty years, and fifty years respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The rates laid down by the Treasury Minute are as follow:—For periods of repayment not exceeding thirty years, 3¾ per cent.; not exceeding forty years, 4 per cent.; and not exceeding fifty years, 4¼ per cent.