§ Mr. LONSDALEasked the right hon. Gentleman to give particulars with respect to estates in which proceedings for sale under the Land Purchase Acts were instituted by owners during the first five months of the present year as compared with the corresponding period of the previous five years, setting forth the number of such estates, the number of originating agreements lodged, and the aggregate amount of the advances applied for in each period?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe number of estates in respect of which originating applications and requests were lodged during the five months ending 31st May in the years 1905–10 and the amount of advances applied for were as follows:—
Five months ending 31at May. Number of Estates in which proceedings were instituted. Amount of advances applied for. 1905 799 £8,696,236 1906 589 5,578,918 1907 564 5,309,489 1908 663 5,255,470 1909 119 2,020,683 1910 32 626,940