HC Deb 23 May 1906 vol 157 c1259
MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what sum stood to the credit of county Down, on 31st March, 1902, in the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account, as the produce of the accumulation of Exchequer contribution provided under Section 5 of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, to be applied towards the cost of providing cottages under the Labourers Acts; what annual sums accrued to the credit of the same county on 31st March in the years of 1903, 1904, 1905, and

Distribution.
Rural District. Paid to County Council. Paid to Commissioners of Public Works.
£ £ s. d.
Banbridge 24 360 8 1
Downpatrick 83
Kilkeel 22 330 7 5
Moira 201 1,000 0 0
Newtownards 262 3,934 8 0

The total amount paid, therefore, in the last there distributions in favour of rural districts in county Down is £18,138 18s., and the reserve now standing to the credit of the county is £3,264 15s. 5d.