§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he has yet made inquiries as to the rights of tenant purchasers on paying their annuities or interest in lieu of rent into Irish banks to demand a bank receipt; and will he say if representations have, been made to the Estates Commissioners asking that duplicate receivable orders be issued, so that the banks might give their official receipt and thus confer a mutual convenience?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Land Commission, as the result of their inquiries, believe that a tenant purchaser paying his annuity through a local bank can, as a matter of practice, always obtain an acknowledgment of his payment. If it can be shown that this is not so, I shall be happy to make further inquiries into the matter. The Land Commission, whom I have consulted with regard to the suggested issue of duplicate receivable orders, think that such a course would be likely to lead to confusion.