§ Sir JOHN LONSDALEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the average number of years' purchase of rents paid or agreed to be paid by the Congested Districts Board for tenanted lands in Connaught during the past five years?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe average number of years' purchase of rents paid or agreed to be paid by the Congested Districts Board for tenanted lands in Connaught since the passing of the Irish Land Act, 1909, is 19.2 in the case of estates dealt with under the Act of 1903, and 17.8 in the case of those under the Act of 1909.