§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, how many estates were vested in the purchasers by the Estates Commissioners in the months of December 1906, January and February 1907, respectively; and what was the total amount of the purchase money.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The following Table gives the information asked for—15†See (4) Debates, clxvi., 738.
| Class of Sale. | Month of December, 1906. | Month of January, 1907. | Month of February, 1907. | Total. | ||||
| Number of Estates. | Amount of Advances made. | Number of Estates. | Amount of Advances made. | Number of Estates. | Amount of Advances made. | Number of Estates. | Amount of Advances made. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||
| Direct Sales | 46 | 347,271 | 34 | 168,643 | 44 | 373,400 | 124 | 889,314 |
| Sections 6 and 8 | 3 | 93,840 | 6 | 56,899 | 2 | 21,097 | 11 | 171,836 |
| Section 7 | 3 | 39,209 | 2 | 3,680 | 4 | 10,928 | 9 | 53,817 |
| Sections 72 and 79 | 3 | 16,550 | 2 | 4,663 | 3 | 33,852 | 8 | 55,065 |
| Total | 55 | 496,870 | 44 | 233,885 | 53 | 439,277 | 152 | 1,170,032 |