§ THE EARL OF LEITRIMrose to ask the Lord President, Why there had been no Return of lands sold by the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, in obedience to the Order of the House of Lords on the 27th of July, 1875?and to call the attention of the House to the Report of the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland for the year 1875.
THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDONregretted that there should have been any misunderstanding or mistake with regard to the Return for which his noble Friend moved in July last. The fact was that it was found to be scarcely possible to give the Return in the terms stated, and, if it had been possible, the expenditure of time and money would have been enormous. He therefore now proposed to his noble Friend that he should consent to the discharge of the Order of last Session, and should move for a Return of the information he desired to obtain in an amended and more practicable form.
§ THE EARL OF LEITRIMassented to the proposal.
Then there was Ordered to be laid before the House—
- "(1.) Name of each purchaser of lands sold by the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland;
- "(2.) Denomination of land sold, with names of the benefice, county, and barony;
- "(3.) The purchase money in each case, distinguishing between the amount paid in cash and the amount secured by mortgage;
- "(4.) The date of each sale;
- "(5.) The amount of rent formerly paid for each holding sold;
- "So far as the same can be given."—(The Earl of Leitrim.)