§ MR. J. W. BARCLAYasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether it is practicable for the Department to procure, along with the Agricultural Statistics for 1881, Returns of the numbers and areas of arable farms in England unoccupied by either landlord or tenant; and, if so, whether he will give instructions for such Returns?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINI find upon inquiry that it will be practicable, without any very great additional expense, to procure these Returns. The Returns will be of interest at the present time, and arrangements are being made to collect the information with the agricultural statistics for the present year.