§ MR. EDMUND LAMB (Herefordshire, Leominster)To ask the hon. Member 46 for East Bristol, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, what is the acreage of farm lands held by the Commissioners in the county of Hereford; what is the rental for the same lands; what is the net income from the same lands after deducting all expenses of management; and what acreage is not let at the present time.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) The total area of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' lands in the county of Hereford is 2,950 acres, the gross rental amounts to £3,735 16s., and the net annual income is £2,716. There are nineteen acres of woodland in hand. These figures include cottages and some other property which would not come under the description of farms, but such property forms a small proportion only of the whole.