The following table gives a summary of the number of tenant purchasers and the amount of advances issued under the various Acts from 1869 to March 31st, 1912:

Table I

Act.No. of Purchasers.Amount of Advances.
I—Irish Church Act, 18696,0571,674,841
II—Landlord and Tenant Act, 1870877514,536
III—Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881731240,801
IV—Land Purchase Acts, 1885, 1887, 1888, and 188925,3679,992,536
V—Land Purchase Acts, 1891, 189646,81013,633,665
VI—Irish Land Act, 1903144,63048,824,884
VII—Evicted Tenants Act, 1907641356,487
VIII—Irish Land Act, 19095,0621,435,175
Total230,17576,672,925

The following represent the Number of Purchasers and Advances—comprised in cases at present pending under the 1903 and 1909 Acts, (i.e., on March 31st, 1912).

Table II

Purchasers.Advances applied for.
Act of 1903118,36035,794,157
Act of 190940,7337,094,725

(Includes lands of an estimated value of £4-½ millions for the purchase of which the Congested Districts Board are in negotiation.)

Table III

Table giving (1) the Number of Holdings; (2) Area; (3) Poor Law Valuation; and (4) the Purchase Money of (a) Lands Sold and Vested; (b) agreed to be Sold but not yet Vested; and (c) in respect of which proceedings for sale had not been instituted up to March 2nd, 1912:

(a) Lands sold and vestedin purchasing tenants, or in the Estates Commissioners or Congested Districts Board, forresale to Tenants.b) Lands agreed to be sold butnot yet vested in purchasing tenants (including lands comprised in Estates for thesale of which to the Estates Commissioners and Congested Districts Board proceedings have beeninstituted.(c) Lands in respect of which proceedings for salehave not been instituted under the Land Purchase Acts (the estimated Purchase Money of samebeing calculated on basis of Purchase-Price of Poor Law Valuation of lands sold to March 31st,1910, under the Act of 1903).
Acts 1870-1896.
Number of Holdings73,81273,812
Area2,508,9382,508,938
Poor Law Valuation£1,399,188£1,399,188
Purchase Money£24,779,176£24,779,176
Acts 1903-1909.
Number of Holdings143,618167,319
Area4,637,1834,291,7257,301,79816,230,706
Poor Law Valuation£2,418,136£2,250,372£3,993,971£8,662,479
Purchase Money£49,202,298£45,536,851£82,263,747£177,002,896
Gross Totals.
Number of Holdings217,430167,319
Area7,146,1214,291,7257,301,79818,739,644
Poor Law Valuation£3,817,324£2,250,372£3,993,971£10,061,667
Purchase Money£73,981,474£45,536,851£82,263,747£201,782,072