§ MR. JAMES RANKIN (Herefordshire, Leominster)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, in the forthcoming Annual Statement of Agricultural Statistics, he will give the figures of the numbers of occupiers of farms of various sizes, say those under 50 acres, between 50 and 100 acres, between 100 and 200 acres, and over 200 acres, and also state the actual number of farmers who produce wheat upon their farms?
*THE PRESIDENT or THE BOARD OF AGICULTURE (Mr. WALTER) Long, Liverpool, West DerbyIt would not be practicable, without a special investigation of a very elaborate character, to state the number of farmers who grow wheat, and I regret, therefore, that in this respect I am unable to meet the wishes of my hon. Friend. Information as to the number of agricultural 504 holdings of different sizes will, however be given in a special Return, which is now in the press, and it is proposed to print a summary of such information in the volume of Agricultural Returns for 1896.