LONDON.
July 6. In the House of Commons last night further progress was made in the consideration of the Irish Land Bill in committee. Clauses seven to eleven were passed after debate, and progress was reported. In the House of Commons last night, during the consideration of the Irish Land Bill in committee, the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, proposed as an amendment to one of the clause? that the Government Bhould be authorised to lend one-half of the arrears of Irish rents for the years 1878 and 1879 in cases where tenants are £30 under the amount of their agreements with the landlords' The proposal was debated at some length, but its further discussion was adjourned to to-days sitting.
The tenders for the two South Australian Government loans of respectively £980,000 and £390,000, which were placed in the market last week, were opened to-day. The total amount offered is £2,000,000 : Tenders at £102 18s 6d will receive in full, and tenders at £102 18s will receive allotment to the extent of 61 per cent. The offers throughout averaged £100 9s Bd. A new loan for the Government of Queensland of £400,000 was placed on the market to-day.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3129, 8 July 1881, Page 3
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