§ MR. BILLSON (Halifax)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number ber of small holdings acqired under the Small Holdings Act, 1892, during the year 1898, and the number and area of holdings acquired since the Act came into operation.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. W. H. LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyPerhaps I may be allowed to answer this question. Full information as to the operations of local authorities under the Small Holdings Act, 1892, to the 24th June 1897, will be found in the Returns No. 407 of 1895 (Session 2) and 17 of 1898. Any later details would require to be specially collected and tabulated.