§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state the number of cases in which proceedings for sale of land under the Land Purchase Acts were begun in January and February, 1910, compared with the number of cases in which similar proceedings were begun in January and February of the three preceding years?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)The number of estates in regard to which proceedings for sale were instituted in January and February of each of the years mentioned in the question was as follows:—224 in 1907, 169 in 1908, 35 last year, and four this year.