§ MR. PATRICK WHITE (Meath. N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have, in the exercise of the discretion vested in them under the Land Act of 1903, decided not to make any advance in excess of £3,000 to tenant purchasers; and how many applications for a greater amount have been refused to tenant purchasers in the county of Meath.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have not come to any general decision on the subject. Each application for an advance of more than £3,000 is dealt with upon its merits. One such application has been refused in county Meath.