§ Mr. EDWARD KELLYasked the chief secretary for Ireland if he will state and classify by counties, the number of appli- 415W cations received from soldiers and sailors for farms of land and allotments of land under the land for sailors and soldiers proposals of the Government?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe number of applications received by the Estates Commissioners up to the 30th November, 1919, from ex-Service men is 2,047, namely:
County. No. Antrim 55 Armagh 14 Cavan 33 Donegal 24 Down 19 Fermanagh 17 Londonderry 20 Monaghan 28 Tyrone 21 Carlow 35 Dublin 108 Kildare 43 Kilkenny 21 King's 118 Longford 32 Louth 125 Meath 310 Queen's 44 Westmeath 175 Wicklow 19 Wexford 19 Clare 107 Cork 82 Kerry 21 Limerick 73 Tipperary 61 Waterford 10 Galway 136 Leitrim 24 Mayo 82 Roscommon 65 Sligo 60 Total 2001 and, in addition, forty-six applications were received from persons who were actually serving in His Majesty's Forces and were not resident in Ireland at the date of their application.