§ MR. GINNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the gross revenue from all sources of each of the eight departments to be placed under the control of the Irish Council, and the total; the gross revenue from all sources of each of the Irish departments not to be placed under that control, and the total; and add to this latter total the gross annual payments and expenditure for and in connection with land by the Congested Districts Board, the Land Commission, and Estates Commissioners, respectively, the total sum paid as bonus under the Land Act of 1903 to the 31st March, 1907, and the total net loss incurred under all heads under that Act to 31st March, 1907.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) It would not be desirable to attempt to deal with a complicated matter of this kind by way of Question and Answer. If the hon. Member should think fit to move for a Return, and would acquaint me in the first place with the terms of his proposed Motion, the question of granting the Return would be fully considered.