§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary if he will state the average price per acre paid by the Estates Commissioners and Congested Districts Board for bog when purchased either separately or so 1505W that the price of it can be distinguished from that of other land, specifying the total area of bog so purchased and the counties in which it is situate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe information sought by the hon. Member is not available in regard to estates purchased by the Estates Commissioners or to those acquired by the Congested Districts Board prior to the passing of the Irish Land Act, 1909. The records of estates purchased by the Congested Districts Board since the passing of that Act show, however, that the average price paid for bog on these estates is 16s. an acre. The total area so purchased in the congested districts is 65,965 acres, made up as follows:—
County. Area. Clare … … … 2,073 Donegal … … … 6,022 Kerry … … … 2,562 Mayo … … … 16,920 Galway … … … 19,180 Sligo … … … 2,619 Leitrim … … … 29 Roscommon … … … 16,560