§ Mr. MORRELLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the acreage of the Crown lands in England let to agricultural tenants in holdings of fifty acres or less in the years 1904, 1907, and 1910, respectively; and what percentage such acreage bore to the 73,000 acres of English agricultural land belonging to the Crown?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hobhouse)The acreage of Crown lands in England let to agricultural tenants in the years 1904, 1907, and 1910, respectively, and the acreage of the land let for holdings of fifty acres or less in those years, with the percentages which the latter bore to the former, is as follows:—
| Year. | Total acreage | Acreage let in holdings of 50 acres or less. | Percentage. | |
| 1904 | … | 71,474 | 2,320 | 3.24 |
| 1907 | … | 71,652 | 2,375 | 3.31 |
| 1910 | … | 72,926 | 8,395 | 11.51 |
§ Mr. MORRELLDo the Commissioners communicate with the Small Holdings Commissioners in this matter?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI really cannot answer that without notice. It quite depends upon the circumstances of the case.