§ Mr. CHARLES CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. Francis Dubourdieu, of Knocknadona, Magheragall, Lisburn, county Antrim, has been unable to obtain an official receipt from the Land Commission for the half-yearly instalment paid by him in May last in respect of his holding in Knocknadona, on what was formerly the Wallace estate, and that, as the receipt for the payment of the last half-yearly instalment must be produced before payment of the succeeding half-yearly instalment is accepted, Mr. Dubourdieu is unable to pay his November instalment; and whether he will direct the Land Commission to issue the receipt in question forthwith?
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§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Land Commission inform me that the instalment of the Land Purchase Annuity which fell due in this case on the 1st May last was received on the 16th of that month, and the Receivable Order was returned duly receipted to the payer in ordinary course. As, however, the receipt appears to have miscarried a duplicate has now been sent to Mr. Dubourdieu.