§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the total amount of the bonus actually distributed under the Land Purchase Act, and the amount in each of the four provinces of Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that the amount of the bonus actually distributed under Section 48 (1) of the Irish Land Act, 1903, up to 31st October last was £2,536,217. To ascertain the amount paid in respect of each province would involve an examination of some 2,500 accounts, and would impose an undue amount of labour on the Commissioners' staff, who are already fully occupied.