§ MR. MILDMAY (Devonshire, Totnes)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the attention of the Admiralty has been drawn to the action of H.M.S. "Theseus" in sending a launch to remove four fishermen from their fishing ground on the Skerries Bank in Start Bay on April 27th last, compelling them to abandon their crab pots under protest; whether their claims to compensation for loss of the day's work will be considered; and whether it will be possible to conduct the firing practice elsewhere along this coast, in view of the importance of this particular crab-pot ground to the poorer fishermen of the district.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) My attention has been drawn to the
| Year ended 31st March. | Number of years' purchase of first-term rents. | Number of years' purchase of second-term rents. | Number of years' purchase of yearly rents, leaseholds, &c. | Number of years' purchase of annual value of untenanted land. |
| 1901 | 15½ | — | 15 | 28 |
| 1902 | 15 | 18¾ | 15 | 28 |
| 1903 | 17 | 18¾ | 16 | 25½ |
| 1904 | 19 | 21 | 19½ | 28½ |
| 1905 | 18¾ | 20½ | 18¼ | 27¾ |
| 1906 | 18 | 21¼ | 18 | 29 |
| Average price for the six years | 17¼ | 20 | 17 | 27¾ |
§ In this statement the number of years' purchase paid for land on all the estates bought in each year have been added together and divided by the number of estates concerned, without regard to the quantity of land bought in each estate.