§ Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTSasked to what amount are the grants, salaries, and expenses of the Congested Districts Board not a reserved service, and what are the details of the amount of expenditure transferred to the control of the Irish Parliament?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe grants, salaries, and expenses of the Congested Districts Board so far as they are not included in the general subject matter of the Land Purchase Acts will not be a reserved service. The control of their entire statutory income of £231,000 will be transferred to the Irish Parliament. Advances for land purchase, which do not form part of that income, will continue to be made as hitherto from the Irish Land Purchase Fund, and the expenses now met from the Irish Land Commission vote will be defrayed by the Imperial Exchequer.