Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state, in the chronological order of the issues, showing as regards each issue the date, the usual designation, the rate of interest, the price of issue, and the total of the amounts issued, of guaranteed Irish Land Stock issued under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, apart from the issues under the Irish Land Acts of 1903 and 1909; what amount of that stock issued under the Act of 1891 has now been redeemed; what amount of it is still outstanding; how much is held on account of sinking fund; and how much is held by Government Departments and other public offices?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe advances under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, were made in Two and Three-quarter per Cent. Guaranteed Land Stock (usually designated "Guaranteed Land Stock") at its face value. The amounts so issued in each financial year were:—
Of the above total £2,161.028 had been redeemed at 31st March, 1912 (the latest date for which the figures are published), leaving still outstanding £11.485,662. Of this last sum £588,351 was held on account of the Sinking Fund and £8,816,582 by Government Departments.
£ 1891–2 … … 1,200 1892–3 … … 234,751 1893–4 … … 714,534 1894–5 … … 738,207 1895–6 … … 547,839 1890–7 … … 481,537 1897–8 … … 876,915 1898–9 … … 1,770,514 1899–1900 … … 1,762,762 1900–1 … … 1,987,917 1901–2 … … 2,113,056 1902–3 … … 1,574,696 1903–4 … … 695,638 1904–5 … … 99,618 1905–6 … … 31,138 1906–7 … … 5,051 1907–8 … … 5,719 1908–9 … … 538 1909–1 … … 6,930 1910–11 … … 55 1911–12 … … 1,075 13,649,690