§ The total area of the land for the time being acquired by the Board for the purposes of this Section shall not at any time 1963 exceed six thousand acres, of which two thousand acres shall be located in Wales, including Monmouthshire, and in the selection of persons to be settled on the land so acquired the Board shall give preference to persons who have served in the naval or military forces of the Crown in the present war.
§ Amendment made: Leave out the words, "six thousand acres, of which two thousand acres shall be located in Wales, including Monmouthshire," and insert instead thereof the words, "four thousand five hundred acres in England (excluding Monmouthshire), or two thousand acres in Wales and Monmouthshire, or six thousand acres in all."—[Mr. Gulland, for Mr. Acland.]