HC Deb 22 March 1906 vol 154 cc622-3
MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury how many agricultural: holdings there are on Crown lands in England (excluding Wales) of the following size respectively: over three and up to ten acres, over ten and up to twenty acres, over twenty and up to thirty acres, over thirty and up to forty acres, and over forty and up to fifty acres.

†See (4) Debates, clii., 1315–6.

MR. MCKENNA

The number of the agricultural holdings on Crown lands in England, is as follows:—

Over 3 and up to 10 acres… 147
Over 10 and up to 20 acres… 50
Over 20 and up to 30 acres… 18
Over 30 and up to 40 acres… 12
Over 40 and up to 50 acres… 9

(A number of small holdings in Monmouthshire have been sold by the Crown during the last two or three years.)