asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries to state (a) the number of holdings, rental and total acreage of tenanted land vested to date under the Land Acts, 1923-29; (b) the number of holdings, rental and total acreage of tenanted land not yet vested under Land Acts, 1923-29; (c) (1) the total acreage of untenanted land acquired by the Land Commission to date under the Land Acts, 1923-29; (2) the acreage and number of holdings divided to date; and (3) the number of holdings of same together with acreage vested to date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Lands Acts, 1923-24—Statistics.
The statistics of operations of the Land Commission under the Land Acts, 1923-29, for which the Deputy asks are, so far as at present can be ascertained, as follow:—
(a) Tenanted Land vested in Land Commission:—
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No. of holdings. |
Rental. |
Area. |
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Acres. |
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11,216 |
£250,241 |
427,688 |
(b) Tenanted Land on Schedules lodged—not yet vested in Land Commission:—
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No. of holdings. |
Rental. |
Area. |
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Acres. |
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79,000 |
£1,000,000 |
2,435,000 |
Note to (b):—Of these, 15,630 holdings, representing a rental of £259,000 and comprising an area of 540,000 acres, have been provisionally gazetted preparatory to vesting.
(c) Untenanted Land (1) acquired, (2) divided, and (3) vested on re-sale:—
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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Area acquired by Land Commission. |
Area divided |
No. of allottees |
Area vested in allottees on resale |
No. of parcels vested in allottees on resale |
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Acres. |
Acres. |
Acres. |
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331,000 |
240,000 |
11,700 |
22,270 |
540 |