§ Mr. GINNELLasked the number of estates in regard to which proceedings for sale were instituted before the Estates Commissioners in the first five months of 1910, as compared with the number in the corresponding period in each of the three preceding years?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe number of estates in regard to which proceedings were instituted before the Estates Commissioners in the first five months of the present year was thirty-two. The numbers in the corresponding period of the three preceding years were 119, 663, and 564 respectively.