§ MR. H. H. MARKS (Kent, Thanet)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether a Treasury Warrant has been issued assigning to Lord Carrington the management and direction of certain Crown lands; if so, what is the area of such lands, who are the agents appointed to administer them, what remuneration is to be paid to the agents, and how does it compare with the remuneration paid to the agents to whom this work has hitherto been entrusted.
§ MR. RUNCIMANA Treasury Warrant has been issued assigning to the President of the Board of Agriculture, etc., the management and direction of the principal agricultural estates of the Crown, comprising a total area of about 62,811 acres. Messrs. J. Carter Jonas & Sons have been appointed agents or receivers for these estates. They are to be allowed £4 per cent. on the rents and profits collected by them as against varying rates (from £4 to £2 10s. per cent.) allowed to 833 the late receivers, but the new rate is to cover services which were formerly paid for separately, and there is no reason to anticipate that the new arrangement will involve any additional total charge on the land revenues.