asked the Minister for Lands if he will state what qualities of land he referred to in reply to a question on the 16th instant when he quoted the average price per acre of land purchased by agreement with owners as £21 per acre, whether all this land was of first quality and what acreage, if any, was of poor quality, and the price per acre of the latter.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Land.
The quality of the land in question ranges from very good arable and grazing to coarse grazing and cutaway bog. Estates as a rule comprise lands of varying quality and, as the price is fixed for each estate as a whole, it is not possible to furnish the information sought in the last part of the question. However, taking each estate as a unit, the average price per acre varies from £37 to as low as 12/-. These prices are in respect of the lands subject to any existing annuity.