§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin County, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury how the sum deducted in respect of land purchase transactions from the grants payable to the Dublin County Council is made up; and whether he will state the statutory enactments respectively by the authority of which the Treasury considers itself entitled to make the several deductions in question.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe proportion, of the total amount drawn from the Guarantee Fund in 1907, chargeable to County Dublin amounted to £1,574 11s. 7d. This sum is made up as follows:—Drawn under the Irish Land Act, 1903—
| £ | |
| Arrears of Annuities | 325 |
| Unearned dividend on issues of Stock | 488 |
| Advance dividend | 280 |
| Interest due but not received | 318 |
| Unproductive balances | 185 |
| 1,596 | |
| Less—Repaid to Guarantee Fund under Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891 | 21 |
| £1,575 |
As regards the remaining portion of the Question, I beg to refer the hon. Member to my Answers to the hon. Member for Waterford of the 22nd and the 29th ultimo. ††See(4) Debates, clxxii,1425et seq; clxxiii.,543.