asked the Taoiseach if he will state separately for each county in respect of the latest year for which details are available (a) the total area in acres, (b) the area of arable land, (c) the area of waste or other land, (d) (b) and (c) as a percentage of (a), and (e) the estimated average land valuation per acre in each county.

The following statement gives for each county (a) the total area, (b) the area of crops and pasture, (c) the area of all other land (including woods and plantations, grazed and barren mountain, turf bog, marsh, water, roads, etc.) and (d) columns (b) and (c) expressed as a percentage of column (a). The particulars asked for at (e) of the question cannot be given as the comparable figures for valuation and acreage of land are not available.

(a) Total area, (b) Area under crops and pasture, (c) Other land in each County on 1st June, 1958, (d) (b) and (c) as a percentage of (a).

*Including woods and plantations, grazed and barren mountain, turf bog, marsh, water, roads etc.