§ 22. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture how many farmers have been fined or prosecuted for planting an acreage of potatoes in excess of the area allocated by the Potato Marketing Board?
§ Mr. ELLIOTA registered producer who plants potatoes in excess of his basic acreage may be called upon by the Potato Marketing Board to make a special contribution to the Board's funds not exceeding £5 per acre of the excess acreage. I understand that the excess planting last season amounted to approximately 3,000 acres, but I do not know how many farmers were concerned.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSWere any of the farmers who planted in excess of the acreage allotted to them prosecuted and subsequently fined by the Potato Marketing Board?
§ Mr. ELLIOTI think nobody has been fined, but that in all the cases where excess acreage was planted the levy of £5 an acre has been imposed.