§ 20. Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary for Scotland how many cattle and sheep, respectively, were grazed in each of the last three years in deer forests in Scotland?
§ Sir J. GILMOURAccording to inquiries made by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland the approximate numbers of cattle grazed on deer forests in Scotland in the three years 1923, 1924 and 1925 were 1,445, 684 and 1,162 respectively, while the corresponding numbers of sheep were 33,187, 24,271 and 51,058 respectively. The hon. and gallant Baronet is no doubt aware that compulsory powers for obtaining returns of stock on deer forests did not exist until this year, and the figures ascertained in previous years may therefore not be entirely reliable.