§ (1) In Sub-section (5) of Section six of the Act of 1903 (which defines a congested estate) "ten pounds" shall be substituted for "five pounds "; and the consent of the owner required by Sub-section (4) of that Section shall cease to be required.
§ (2) Where an estate not being a congested estate within the meaning of the said section as so amended, comprises within its area one or more congested townlands, the Land Commission, or in the case of townlands situated in a congested district county, the Congested Districts Board, may declare all or any one or more of such townlands to be a separate estate for the purposes of the Land Purchase Acts, and such townland or townlands shall thereupon be deemed for those purposes to be a separate congested estate.
1896§ (3) An estate which consists exclusively of one or more congested townlands shall be deemed to be a congested estate.
§ (4)The expression "congested townland" means a townland in which more than one-haif of the holdings are—
- (a) congested holdings; or
- (b) holdings whose aggregate rateable value when divided by their number gives a sum of less than ten pounds for each holding:
§ The expression "congested holding" means—
- (a) a holding not exceeding ten pounds in rateable value; and
- (b) a holding held in rundale or intermixed plots.
§ Question put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 180; Noes, 31.
1897| Division No. 500.] | AYES. | [11.5 p.m. |
| Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) | Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Barnes, G. N. |
| Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) | Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, R.) |
| Ambrose, Robert | Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Berridge, T. H. D. |
| Armitage, R. | Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) |
| Black, Arthur w. | Hodge, John | O'Malley, William |
| Boland, John | Hogan, Michael | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Holt, Richard Durning | O'Shee, James John |
| Brodie, H. C. | Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.) | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Horniman, Emslie John | Partington, Oswald |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Hudson, Walter | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Hyde, Clarendon G. | Philips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Jackson, R. S. | Pickersgill, Edward Hare |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Pollard, Dr. G. H. |
| Byles, William Pollard | Joyce, Michael | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight | Kavanagh, Walter M. | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Keating, M. | Radford, G. H. |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Kekewich, Sir George | Reddy, M. |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Kilbride, Denis | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Lamont, Norman | Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) | Robson, Sir William Snowdon |
| Crooks, William | Lehmann, R. C. | Roche, Augustine (Cork) |
| Crosfield, A. H. | Lewis, John Herbert | Roche, John (Galway, East) |
| Crossley, William J. | Lundon, T. | Rowlands, J. |
| Cuilinan, J. | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Davis, Timothy (Fulham) | Lyell, Charles Henry | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Delany, William | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Mackarness, Frederic C. | Scanian, Thomas |
| Dillon, John | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Scarisbrick, Sir T. T. L. |
| Donelan, Captain A. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) | Sears, J. E. |
| Duncan, C. (Barow-in-Furness) | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Seddon, J. |
| Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | M'Callum, John M. | Shackleton, David James |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas | M'Micking, Major G. | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Evans, Sir S. T. | Mallet, Charles E. | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Everett, R. Lacey | Manfield, Harry (Northants) | Steadman, W. C. |
| Ffrench, Peter | Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) | Stewart, Halley (Greenock) |
| Field, William | Marnham, F. J. | Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal) |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry) | Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) |
| Gill, A. H. | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Ginnell, L. | Molteno, Percy Alport | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John | Mooney, J. J. | Thomasson, Franklin |
| Glendinning, R. G. | Morrell, Philip | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Glover, Thomas | Muldoon, John | Tomkinson, James |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Murnaghan, George | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Murphy, John (Kerry, East) | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Gulland, John W. | Napier, T. B. | Wardle, George J. |
| Gwynn, Stephen Luclus | Nicholls, George | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Nolan, Joseph | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-sh.) | Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Whitehead, Rowland |
| Harrington, Timothy | O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) | Whitley, John Henry (Halifax) |
| Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Hayden, John Patrick | O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Hazel, Dr. A. E. W. | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Young, Samuel |
| Hazleton, Richard | O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) | |
| Healy Maurice (Cork) | O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) | |
| Healy, Timothy Michael | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Captain Norton and Mr. Fuller. |
| Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | O'Dowd, John | |
| Henry, Charles S. | O'Grady, J. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ashley, W. W. | Gardner, Ernest | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Gordon, J. | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter (Dublin S.) |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Gretton, John | Lonsdale, John Brownlee) |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry N.) | Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) | Lytteiton, Rt. Hon. Alfred |
| Butcher, Samuel Henry | Haddock, George B. | MacCaw. Wm. J. MacGeagh |
| Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. | Hamilton, Marquess of | Moore, William |
| Clive, Percy Archer | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Percy, Earl |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Hill, Sir Clement | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott- | Kerry, Earl of | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Keswick, William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Viscount Valentia and Mr. H. W. Forster. |
| Fletcher, J. S. | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. |
Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.