§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will 1098 state the number of purchase agreements under the Irish Land Act, 1903, lodged with the Estates Commissioners up to 31st October last from the County of Armagh, with the total number of advances applied for in connection with these agreements, the number of agreements from Armagh completed, and the total amount actually advanced at the date named.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that up to 31st October last, agreements for the purchase of 13,505 holdings in County Armagh had been lodged, representing a purchase money of £2,629,181. Of this amount there had been advanced on that date £848,903 for the purchase of 3,484 holdings.