§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury, whether he can state approximately the gross amount of expenditure lost to Ireland in the form of rents of all kinds, rural and urban, paid to absentee landlords since 1853, and in the form of prices paid under the Land Purchase Acts to absentee vendors since 1884; and, if not, whether he will endeavour to have this information made available?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI have no means of obtaining the information necessary to answer this question.