§ Mr. MACKARNESSasked, in the case of 319 acres of land in South Berks offered by the county council to applicants for small holdings and declined by them, in what parishes the land was situate; what rent was asked per acre; and on what grounds the applicants declined to accept the land?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe information for which my hon. Friend asks is as follows:—
| Parish. | Acreage offered. | Rent per acre. |
| Chieveley | 84 | 5/- per acre in excess of what it would cost the council to lease it. |
| Kintbury (with cottage) | 17 | 32/-. |
| Kintbury | 6 | 28/-. |
| Hampstead Marshall | 20 | 39/6 and interest on outlay on fencing. |
| Speen | 59 | 46/- arable. 57/6 pasture. |
| Winterbourne | 133 | 25/- to 26/-. |
§ In some cases the land was refused as being unsuitable; in others because the rent was considered too high.