§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the total amount of the advances applied for in connection with purchase agreements lodged under the Land Act of 1903; the amount of advances sanctioned to date; the amount at present available for completing sales; and what further amount, if any, it is proposed to raise before the end of the present year.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The total amount of advances applied for up to 20th instant is, in round numbers, £45,000,000. The amount which has been sanctioned and advanced is £14,292,284. The amount immediately available for further advances is approximately £2,908,000. It is anticipated that this amount will be sufficient to moot advances up to the end of the present year.