§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the 1871 Estates Commissioners are alone responsible for estimating the total amount of purchase money under the Land Act of 1903 at £183,568,396; whether they consulted the Registrar-General as to the various descriptions of land included in the tenement valuation of £10,061,667 on the basis of which the estimated amount of purchase money for unsold land was calculated; and, if so, will he lay upon the Table a copy of the correspondence that passed between the two Departments.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners are responsible for the estimate of the total amount of purchase money under the Act of 1903. They consulted the Registrar-General as to the point referred to in the Question, but no correspondence passed between the two Departments.