William Frederick Bailey

“ Section 30 of the Land Act of 1881 provided that if the tenant purchaser sub-divided or let his holding without the consent of the Land Commission before the purchase annuity was paid off or if the title to the holding was divested from the proprietor by bankruptcy, or if on his decease the holding would become sub-divided or vested in more than one person, the Land Commission might cause the holding to be sold. ”

“ When the Land Commission have consented to the subdivision of a holding, they are enabled by Section 38 of the Land Act of 1896 to apportion the annuity and make an order discharging part of the holding from any further liability to pay the same. ”

“ There is a Local Office in each county in Ireland and a Central Office in the City of Dublin, which is also the Local Office as regards lands in the County of Dublin. When the holdings are vested in the purchasing tenants by the Land Commission, that Department furnishes to the Land Registry the necessary particulars for the registration of the lands, and these particulars are entered on the Registers, and the boundaries of the holdings are delineated on the Registry Maps. ”