§ MR. J. DEVLIN (Belfast, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he could state the number of acres of land held under the eleven months system in Ulster, giving details according to county divisions; and whether he could state the number of persons in each county in Ulster who hold land under this system, and the acreage in each case.
§ MR. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to the House of Commons Return No. 250 of 1906, which gives details of the untenanted land in every rural district in Ireland. The Government have no information as to what quantity of this land may be held under the eleven months system, nor am I aware of any means, short of an exhaustive investigation over the entire country, by which that information could be obtained.