§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can state the amount of Parliamentary Grants in relief of rates recently deducted from county Clare; and if he will state the causes of such deduction and the amount in each instance.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe proportion, of the total amount drawn from the Guarantee Fund in 1907, chargeable to County Clare amounted to £870 11s. 8d. This sum is made up as follows:—Drawn under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, £272; Drawn under the Irish Land Act, 1903—Arrears of Annuities, £164; Unearned dividend on issues of stock, £167; Advarice dividend, £96; Interest due but not received, £109; Unproductive balance, £63; total, £871.