§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will ascertain and state the approximate number of agricultural tenants in North and South Tyrone and in the county Tyrone, respectively, who have not yet purchased their holdings, and the number of these who have, by petition or in any other way, approved or 364 supported the parts of the present Land Bill making purchase impossible except at higher prices and a higher rate of interest than their neighbours who have purchased are paying?
§ Mr. CHERRYThe statistics of the Land Commission are not kept by Parliamentary divisions, and they have, therefore, no means of stating the approximate number of tenants in the North or South divisions of Tyrone who have not yet purchased their holdings. For the latest estimate of the number of holdings in the county which have not yet been purchased, I would refer the hon. Member to column 18 of the Return giving the results of proceedings under the Land Purchase Acts, which was presented to Parliament in November last. There is no information available as to the several points raised in the concluding portion of the question.