§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if, in view of the practice of the Estates Commissioners in sanctioning sales without any immediate inspection at five years purchase more than would have been allowed under the Purchase Acts which required inspection, he will have the practice and experience of the Congested Districts Board for Scotland brought under the notice of the Commissioners and their inspectors, especially the facts that land is bought in Scotland with State aid at from seventeen and a half to twenty years purchase of what is ascertained at the time of sale to be a fair rent; that no bonus is paid with these prices; and that out of eighty-seven purchasers the annuities of eighty-two are in arrear.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they have already made a note of the practice and experience of the Congested Districts Board for Scotland. The Commissioners' administration, however, is in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Land Act, 1903, which, needless to say, does not apply to Scotland.