§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the total amount drawn from the Ireland Development Grant in respect of land purchase from 1st November, 1903, to the end of June, 1909; the total amount of deductions made in the same period in respect of land purchase from the local taxation grants payable to each of the local councils in Ireland; and the total for the whole of Ireland, plus the sum withdrawn from the Development Grant?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe total amount drawn from the Ireland Development Grant in respect of land purchase from 1st November, 1903, to 30th June, 1909, was £360,136 5s. 9d.
The total amount of deductions made in the same period in respect of land purchase from the local taxation grants payable to each of the local councils of Ireland was £103,099 10s. 5d., inclusive of deductions under Land Purchase Acts prior to 1903.
The total for the whole of Ireland was accordingly £463,235 16s. 2d.