§ 51. Captain P. MACDONALDasked the Minister of Agriculture how the number of persons engaged in agricultural pursuits in the Isle of Wight on the latest date for which figures are available compares with the number of persons similarly employed one year previously?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe returns obtained by the Ministry relate only to agricultural workers (i.e., not including occupiers) on agricultural holdings exceeding one acre. The number of agricultural workers in employment on agricultural holdings exceeding one acre in the Isle of Wight in June, 1930, was 2,190. In 1929 the number returned was 2,213.