§ MR. WEIR (ROSS and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state the number of agricultural holdings in each of the Highland crofting counties not exceeding £30 annual rental and not exceeding £50 annual rental, respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) My hon. friend will find approximate information which he desires by reference to— 1. Poor Rates (Scotland), Persons Assessed. Return to House of Commons, dated 6th July 1891. 2. Table VI. of the Annual Returns of Acreage in the Agricultural Statistics, 1905. Holdings not exceeding £30. Argyll 1,457, Caithness 1,894, Inverness 3,081, Orkney 2,978, Ross and Cromarty 4,769 Shetland, 3,793, Sutherland 2,417. Above £30, but not exceeding £50. Argyll 272, Caithness 142, Inverness 197, Orkney 174, Ross and Cromarty 240, Shetland 38, Sutherland 37.