§ For the purpose of enabling the Congested Districts Board to ascertain the boundaries, extent, and character of any land which they propose to purchase under 2518 the Act of 1903 and to estimate the price to be offered for the same, any inspectors or other persons appointed by the Board may, after notice sent by post to the person who appears to the Board to be the owner thereof, enter upon the land and make all such inquiries and do all such things as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid.
2519§ And, it being after Five of the clock, the Chairman proceeded, in pursuance of the Order of the House of the 15th June, successively to put forthwith the Questions necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at this day's sitting.
| SCHEDULES. | |
| FIRST SCHEDULE. | |
| Number of Years' Purchase represented by the Advance. | Rate of Percentage. |
| 25 and upwards | Nil. |
| 24 and under 25 | 3 per cent. |
| 23 and under 24 | 4 per cent. |
| 22 and under 23 | 5 per cent. |
| 21 and under 22 | 6 per cent. |
| 20 and under 21 | 8 per cent. |
| 19 and under 20 | 10 per cent. |
| 18 and under 19 | 12 per cent. |
| 17 and under 18 | 14 per cent. |
| Under 17 | 16 per cent. |
§ The number of years' purchase represented by the advance shall be calculated in manner prescribed by the Treasury.
§ Question, "That the Schedule be added to the Bill," put, and negatived.
| SECOND SCHEDULE. | ||
| Acts Repealed. | ||
| Session and Chapter. | Short Title. | Extent of Repeal. |
| 51 & 52 Vict. c 49. | The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1888. | Section two, save as regards advances in pursuance of purchase agreements entered into before the passing of this Act. |
| 54 & 55 Vict. c. 48. | The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891. | Section thirty-four, from "consisting" to the end of the section, as from the appointed day. |
| 56 & 57 Vict, c. 35. | The Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1893. | Sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section two. |
| 3 Edw. 7 c. 37. | The Irish Land Act, 1903. | In Section one, Subsection (4), save as regards advances in pursuance of purchase agreements entered into before the passing of this Act. |
| Session and Chapter. | Short Title. | Extent of Repeal. |
| 3 Edw. 7 c. 37—cont. | The Irish Land Act, 1903—cont. | Section two, save as regards sales of parcels of land in respect of which purchase agreements have been entered into before the passing of this Act. |
| In Sub-section (4) of Section six, the words, "with the consent of the owner." | ||
| Sub-section (3) of Section forty-three. | ||
| Section forty-four. | ||
| In Sub-section (1) of Section forty-seven, from "provided" to end of sub-section. | ||
| Sub-section (3) of Section forty-eight. Section seventy-five. |
§ Mr. BIRRELL moved the following new Schedule:—
§ (1) The percentage shall be a percentage on the amount advanced in respect of each holding and parcel of land comprised in the estate, and shall be calculated according to the number of years' purchase represented by the advance, upon the following scale:—
| FIRST SCHEDULE. | ||
| Number of years' purchase represented by the Advance. | Rate of Percentage. | |
| (1) Where the rent is a judicial rent fixed or agreed to since the passing of the Act of 1896, or the land is untenanted. | (2) Where the rent is a judicial rent fixed or agreed to before the passing of the Act of 1896, or a non-judicial rent. | |
| 26 and upwards | 24 and upwards | Nil |
| 25 and under 26 | 23 and under 24 | 3 |
| 24 and under 25 | 22 and under 23 | 4 |
| 23 and under 24 | 21 and under 22 | 6 |
| 22 and under 23 | 20 and under 21 | 8 |
| 21 and under 22 | 19 and under 20 | 10 |
| 20 and under 21 | 18 and under 19 | 12 |
| 19 and under 20 | 17 and under 18 | 14 |
| 18 and under 19 | 16 and under 17 | 16 |
| Under 18 | Under 16 | 18 |
§ (2) In cases where an estate is purchased by the Estates Commissioners or the Congested Districts Board, and the advance is made in respect of the estate as a whole, the advance shall, for the purpose of the application of the scale, be apportioned between the holdings and parcels of land comprised in the estate in such manner as the Estates Commissioners or the Congested Districts Board, as the case may be, direct.
2522§ (3) In the case of the purchase of a parcel of untenanted land, the number of years' purchase represented by the advance shall be calculated in manner prescribed by the Treasury.
§ Question put, "That the Schedule be added to the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 160; Noes, 27.
2523| Division No. 544.] | AYES. | [5.10 p.m. |
| Abraham, W. (Cork, N. E.) | Glendinning R. G. | Murphy, John (Kerry, East) |
| Ambrose, Robert | Gooch, Geourge Peabody (Bath) | Nannetti, Joseph P. |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Napier, T. B. |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Gulland, John W. | Nolan, Joseph |
| Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius | Nugent, Sir Waiter Richard |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Bell, Richard | Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-sh.) | O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.) |
| Belloc, Hilaire Joseph Peter R. | Harrington, Timothy | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Hart-Davies, T. | O'Doherty, Philip |
| Boland, John | Hayden, John Patrick | O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Hazleton, Richard | O'Dowd, John |
| Branch, James | Healy, Maurice (Cork) | O'Grady, J. |
| Brooke, Stopford | Healy, Timothy Michael | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) | O'Malley, William |
| Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Hodge, John | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Hogan, Michael | O'Shee, James John |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Holden, Sir E. Hopkinson | Paul, Herbert |
| Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight | Hooper, A. G. | Philips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Horniman, Emslie John | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Idris, T. H. W. | Radford, G. H. |
| Clough, William | Jackson, R. S. | Reddy, M. |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Jordan, Jeremiah | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Joyce, Michael | Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Kavanagh, Walter M. | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Keating, Matthew | Roche, Augustine (Cork) |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | Kekewich, Sir George | Roche, John (Galway, East) |
| Crean, Eugene | Kettle, Thomas Michael | Rose, Sir Charles Day |
| Crooks, William | Kilbride, Denis | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Crosfield, A. H. | Lamont, Norman | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Cullinan, J. | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Curran, Peter Francis | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) | Seddon, J. |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Lehmann, R. C. | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Delany, William | Lundon, T. | Sheehy, David |
| Devlin, Joseph | Lupton, Arnold | Simon, John Allsebrook |
| Dillon, John | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Sloan, Thomas Henry |
| Doneian, Captain A. | Lyell, Charles Henry | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Duffy, William J. | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Steadman, W. C. |
| Duncan, C (Barrow-in-Furness) | Mackarness, Frederic C. | Stewart, Halley (Greenock) |
| Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Elibank, Master of | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas | M'Veigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Wardle, George J. |
| Everett, R. Lacey | M'Kean, John | Waring Walter |
| Faber, G. H. (Boston) | M'Micking, Major G. | White, Sir Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Falconer, James | Mallet, Charles E. | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Farrell, James Patrick | Marnham, F. J. | Wiles, Thomas |
| Ferens, T. R. | Massie, J. | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Ffrench, Peter | Masterman, C. F. G. | Young, Samuel |
| Field, William | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Fiennes, Hon. Eustace | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Molteno, Percy Alport | |
| Flynn, James Christopher | Mooney, J. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Joseph Pease and Captain Norton. |
| Gilhooly, James | Muldoon, John | |
| Ginnell, L. | Murnaghan, George | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ashley, W. W. | Butcher, Samuel Henry | Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Carlile, E. Hildred | Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Castlereagh, Viscount | Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Clive, Percy Archer | Fletcher, J. S. |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Gordon, J. |
| Gretton, John | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Talbot, Rt. Hon. J. G. (Oxford Univ.) |
| Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Hamilton, Marquess of | MacCaw, Wm. J. MacGeagh | |
| Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Viscount Valentia and Mr. H. W. Forster. |
| Hill, Sir Clement | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be considered on Wednesday next (1st September).