§ MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will furnish a list, by counties, with names of vendor and purchaser and area of land in each case, of the cases during the five years ending 31st October, 1908, in which the Estates Commissioners have sanctioned the sale of non-residential grass land to owners or purchasers of demesnes for the purpose of enlarging the demesnes there being in the same county uneconomic holdings and landless people requiring new holdings.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The monthly Returns of advances under the Irish Land Act, 1903, which are presented to Parliament, give detailed particulars of all lands purchased by owners under Section 3 of the Act, and these particulars are summarised in the tables appended to the Annual Reports of the Estates Commissioners. The preparation of the list asked for by the hon. Member would serve no useful purpose commensurate with the labour involved.