§ 37. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the Carnarvonshire County Council purchased the Madryn estate for the creation of small holdings; whether the number of holdings on the Madryn estate has only increased from forty-two to forty-eight since the county council be came the landlord; and whether the rents were reduced in no single case, but were raised considerably in some cases?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and according to my information the answer to the second and third parts is in the negative. I expect to receive shortly a detailed report upon the small holdings on the Madryn estate, and I will then communicate further with the hon. Gentleman.