§ 71. Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Secretary for Scotland if he is in a position to give figures from the last Census, contrasting the populations now engaged in agricultural pursuits with the populations so engaged at the three previous Census periods?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe number of persons engaged in agricultural occupations in Scotland according to the Census returns in 1921 was 194,301. The numbers of persons so engaged in 1891, 1901 and 1911 were 213,060, 217,409 and 209,410 respectively.
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSHave these Census figures been compiled on the same basis in each of the Census periods, or was not the basis altered in 1911 to bring in the relatives?