asked the Minister for Lands if he will state in respect of each year since 1960 (a) the acreage of land offered to the Land Commission, (b) the acreage of land acquired, (c) the total amount paid for land, (d) the acreage paid for and the amount paid in (i) land bonds and (ii) cash and (e) the acreage divided.
Written Answers. - Land Purchases.
82.
The information required, in so far as it is available, is set out in the following statement :
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1. |
2. |
3. |
4. |
5. |
6. |
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Year |
Lands Acquired or purchased for Land Bonds |
Lands Purchased for Cash (Section 27, Land Act, 1950) |
Resumption of Holdings on C.D.B. Estates compensation payable in Cash) |
Total Acquired or purchased |
Area Divided |
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Area(acres) |
Price£ |
Area(acres) |
Price£ |
Area(acres) |
Price£ |
Area(acres) |
Price£ |
(acres) |
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1961-62 |
17,124 |
573,079 |
1,837 |
109,450 |
112 |
1,235 |
19,073 |
683,764 |
38,691 |
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1962-63 |
18,480 |
1,049,156 |
2,231 |
168,046 |
752 |
32,432 |
21,463 |
1,249,634 |
32,859 |
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1963-64 |
19,621 |
1,234,271 |
2,773 |
204,215 |
138 |
3,143 |
22,532 |
1,441,629 |
35,548 |
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1964-65 |
22,750 |
1,539,097 |
2,550 |
257,340 |
459 |
10,515 |
25,759 |
1,806,952 |
35,953 |
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1965-66 |
21,466 |
1,391,808 |
4,363 |
338,055 |
235 |
7,328 |
26,064 |
1,737,191 |
50,946 |
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1966-67 |
16,100 |
1,100,212 |
3,548 |
206,303 |
242 |
2,925 |
19,890 |
1,309,440 |
30,851 |
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1967-68 |
20,942 |
1,529,674 |
5,417 |
327,250 |
39 |
745 |
26,398 |
1,857,669 |
28,517 |
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1968-69 |
23,019 |
1,668,237 |
6,877 |
463,113 |
135 |
4,713 |
30,031 |
2,136,063 |
28,707 |
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1969-70 |
13,117 |
1,320,737 |
9,010 |
722,666 |
160 |
5,130 |
22,287 |
2,048,533 |
24,586 |
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1970-71 |
15,953 |
1,599,436 |
3,259 |
244,784 |
17 |
547 |
19,229 |
1,844,767 |
28,436 |
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1971-72 |
15,307 |
1,953,864 |
1,048 |
88,021 |
140 |
6,847 |
16,495 |
2,048,732 |
25,432 |
NOTES: (1) Lands taken over by way of exchange, surrender, etc., are not included in Column 5—there being no Purchase Money applicable in respect of such lands—but they are included in Column 6.
(2) Records are not kept on the basis of offers of land made to the Land Commission. The collection of this information would involve an inordinate amount of staff time and would not be justified. Figures dealing with offers of land for cash for the 2 years 1970-71 and 1971-72 have been extracted and are given in reply to another Question tabled by the Deputy today.