§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will ascertain and state for comparison the number of purchase agreements signed and lodged with the Estates Commissioners from 1st December, 1907, to 31st March, 1908, and from 1st December, 1908, to 31st March, 1909?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe number of purchase agreements in direct sales lodged with the Estates Commissioners from 1st December, 1907, to 31st March, 1908, was 7,106, and the number lodged from 1st December, 1908, to 31st March, 1909, was 3,330.