§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the amount of money actually paid, and for which agreements have been signed, under the Land Purchase Act, 1903.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe amount advanced, under the Irish Land Act, 1903, up to 31st October, 1908, was £25,331,240. The Estates Commissioners are not yet in a position, to state the total amount involved in the agreements lodged up to that date, but they are having the agreements scheduled as rapidly as possible.