§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how many sales of land have taken place to date in County Clare under the Act of 1903, and what is the amount of the purchase money; and how much untenanted land has been divided amongst small holders in accordance with the intention of the Land Purchase Act.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the particulars asked for so far as it is practicable to furnish them are as follows: 4,357 purchase agreements, representing £1,174,997 purchase money, have been lodged in the case of 184 estates which are being sold direct by owners to tenants in County Clare. The Commissioners are not in a position to state the total area of untenanted land in these cases, but so far as the agreements have been analysed it appears that 574 acres of untenanted land have been divided amongst persons coming within Section 2 of the Irish Land Act, 1903. In addition, the Commissioners have purchased, for £93,831, eighteen estates in the county, comprising 209 holdings and 4,444 acres of untenanted land, which have been allotted amongst persons coming within Section 2 of the Act.